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Submitted to Contest #281
I'm just a kid, not scared of the dark but of what's in the dark. Petrified of the monster under my bed. My parents say it's not there, but I hear it. I hear the noises it makes and see the scratches it puts on my bed frame. I hear the gurgling of its stomach and feel the bed moving as it breathes. It's terrifying. I do everything I can to avoid it. To avoid that feeling of not being able to move or even breathe out of fear or the feeling of wanting to wake up everyone in the house so I’m not the only one awake in the dark. Even my own siste...
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