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Submitted to Contest #314
The barn was quiet, but not safe either.I've swept the perimeter about twice now. Nothing moved beyond the edge, and the last groan from the woods carried off with the wind. Still, I didn’t rest. My body had grown rigid over the years, my hips ached in the cold, old wounds surfaced when the rain was near, but that didn’t stop me. Weakness is an invitation. And the dead don’t need much of one. This barn, if it could even be called a barn anymore, was better than the railyard we stayed in last week. It had height, decent fencing, and three exi...
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