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When Mother and I were walking home from the market, I spotted him first. He wasnt crouched beneath the bench as stray dogs usually do when...
When Emily tugged at the cord binding the sack, the fabric loosened slowly, rustling faintly. For a moment, it seemed as though a scent drifted from...
I woke at the edge of the same bed where Id collapsed the night before. My eyes burned, my mouth was dry, my head throbbed. The...
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“Leave her here, let her die!” they muttered, dumping the old woman into the snow. The fools didnt realise the boomerang would come right back. Margaret...
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Open the bag, now! The CCTV can see everything, theres no way youll get away! Take it all out! The...
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Did you see her, ladies? The old woman in our ward? I asked the other nurses, halfsmiling as I leaned...
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Family? Tell Christopher to come at once! the daughter shrieked. All three of the little ones have a fever, theyre...