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I guess some people don't ever really change. They just learn to be better liars.
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It's as if the entire city has suddenly disappeared. Or rather, the city is still there, but all the people are gone.
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Nurse Winter stares at me, her face looking blank for a moment. "Are you sure?" she asks. "Positive,"
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Nurse Winter seems... Something's not right. I can't put my finger on it, but something is definitely not right with her.
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A straight line is certainly the quickest way from one point to another, but it's rarely the most interesting.
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Amy Cross |
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It matters not where a person is from, but rather what they do with themselves.
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I did locate her eyeballs, they were in another part of her body,
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Amy Cross |
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From now on, I intend to be entirely selfish, and for me that means reading.
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Suddenly something touches my shoulder. I spin around to find a dark shape standing right next to me. For a moment, I'm filled with a sense of panic, but then the figure steps even closer and I realize, with shock, that it's Nurse Winter. She's wearing nothing but a pair of white briefs, and she smiles as she puts her arms around my shoulders. I glance back over at her window, but there's no sign of her now. How the hell did she get over to..
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You're supposed to keep moving forward in life, but I can't stop you if you want to go backward,
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Amy Cross |
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Blackthorn Grange is being built over some kind of cemetery?" I ask, turning"
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Amy Cross |
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you can end up imagining all sorts of things that feel completely real. Or ignoring things that are real.
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hell it isn't!" I hiss, making my way around the car and trying to open the passenger-side door, only to find that it's locked. "That creature in the forest has ruined my goddamn life, and I'm not going to just walk away. The voice told me it had no more need for my services, it said it had found someone else and I guess now we know who. It" --
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I spot a bloodied body on the floor. Making my way over, I see that it's the same guy I saw in a previous vision, with his intestines having spilled out everywhere. Before I have a chance to react,
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She fires. I feel the bullet burst through my skull and enter my brain.
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Amy Cross |
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The important thing is this: I dreamed of returning to this life of tranquility, and now here I am. Nothing can disturb me.
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Amy Cross |
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After all, I am doing the best I can, but she will always be missing.
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Amy Cross |
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honestly don't remember the last time my fingers touched the flesh of another human being. It's such a rare feeling, I'm actually getting a little tingly.
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Saturday morning, the place is packed with gossiping old men.
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Elizabeth continued to sob, Sara watched from a little further back. There was blood all over her, along with pieces of bone and brain matter that had been sprayed
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What happened?" I whisper, sitting up straight and examining my arms, only to find several more cuts and bruises."
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slam the book against the wall with a thud, immediately pushing my hand against the front cover so at to ensure maximum pressure. I am quite certain that the job is done, but I still push hard against the book for several more seconds so as to be absolutely certain. And
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screams as I drag her back over to the counter. I grab the knife and plunge it down into her chest, stabbing her repeatedly until she's just a lifeless lump of meat and bone. For a moment, it's as if I'm not even in control of my own actions, as if the voice from the forest is filling me with power. As I let the old woman's body slip down onto the floor, I take a seat and try to get my breath back, but in truth I can feel myself getting inc..
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Amy Cross |
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What are we, The Addams Family?
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If it makes you feel any better, I promise I'll enjoy your suffering immensely. That's just the kind of bitch I am.
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Amy Cross |
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You must read to become a scholar, but you must also train to become a warrior.
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Amy Cross |
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That God would put such monsters among us seemed... incompatible with the idea of a just and good world.
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Staring back at him with terrified eyes, Skallen briefly tried to get free before
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can't explain right now." Sighing, she takes a step back. "Where the hell could she be? She's not at the store, she's not at home, she's not here, there's no way she'd"
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phone and see that Alistair is trying to get through. I seriously consider rejecting the call, but then I realize that
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swear to God, while I was in a coma my wife seems to have embraced reality television to a degree that's genuinely terrifying. I guess
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don't have time for her crap right now," she says firmly. "If she wants to make the same mistakes"
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long as I don't start finding ears and stuff," Anna replied, "I think it'll be okay." "Ha!"
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Anna frowned. "What do you mean?" "Like, do you ever wish you were a perfect person who never did bad things, who never made mistakes or hurt other people?" "I... I've never really thought about it." She paused. "Is that something you think about a lot?" "Sometimes." Marit paused, still watching the lake's calm waters as fresh tears reached her eyes. "Sometimes I wish I was a really"
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Sometimes I wonder how he survives with such a terrible sense of smell. Maybe
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That's always the devil's favorite weapon. He uses fear to destroy people, because it's the easiest way. It's the one thing that binds every living creature that ever lived, and that ever will live. Fear is control, and he uses it sublimely. He'll pick out your worst fear and turn it against you." "You"
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Ahead of us, the three corpses stare in different directions, each with glassy dead eyes.
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Amy Cross |
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the shadows of the forest are much longer, reaching almost all the way to the cabin's steps.
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I've always been a big believer in the idea that you need to just pick up your troubles, tie them in a sack and push them away. Otherwise, you end up in a dark place, and that's no good for anyone. There's a slippery slope down to the bottom of life's pit.
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I don't like it when things change. Still, as I glance back into the cabin and see Jon in the kitchen, it's clear that he's not concerned about anything. And if he's not concerned, then I guess there's nothing to worry about.
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Amy Cross |
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I can't even remember what it felt like in the days when I wasn't constantly scared.
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Marit
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