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K. Bacchae

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Admirable Adversaries

Submitted to Contest #217

<TW: some mentions of aggressive behavior>Everyone in town is aware that the charcoal-black homestead at the edge of the residential district is haunted-–I work very hard to keep it this way, in fact. The fire-licked facade of the five-bedroomed two-story structure is just that: a finely crafted front. The small windows encrusted with grime to the point of revulsion, those were a week-long labor of love. Each of the couple dozen insect exoskeletons artfully placed in believable death throws on and between the window panels are the only...

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