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Submitted to Contest #280
A yell of anguish, anger, and fear rang through the empty clearing, as I frantically stumbled back, causing the knot in my stomach to shoot itself straight to my throat. The sickening crunch that followed was arguably far worse to hear. The hairs on the back of my neck prickled. My legs were weighing me down into the slightly damp earth. I could feel every blade of long grass scratching at my ankles. Horror held me in a chokehold, not allowing my body to free itself from its grasp to make sure my brother was alright. Horror, or perhaps disbe...
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