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A shadow fell into the crossroads as I lowered my spindle. I stiffened, holding my breath I called out, “Who comes?” The reply came in the wind as much as it did psychically, a cold whisper, taunting, “Weaver, weaver wonder thou, I am the oldest grandmother of them all.” The shadow morphed on the road ahead, as its possessor whispered again, “You called upon your ancestors did you not?” Shadowed human form morphed, twisting long and further until the shape of the shadow looked more house like than humanlike. I had done as the speaker said, b...
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~Sarah~I woke at 5 AM to the not-so-glorious view of my cat’s rotund backside. It dawned on me in my state of morning delirium that this is sadly such a regular occurrence in my life that I might actually be shocked to open my eyes to any other scene. I gave my cat a gentle shove and rolled onto my back. “Oscar, get your butt out of here,” I said as he protested on the jump down. Staring at the stipple covered ceiling I let my limbs stretch as far as they could, took a deep breath and sat up to face the day.It is my habit to start each day w...
“Shoot!” I exclaim as my car hits a snowbank on the boulevard. I take stock of the scene around me, two other cars have also hit the boulevard, but thankfully none of us have hit each other. I try to reverse and all I can hear is the squeal of tires spinning on ice. “I’m sorry Gram, I think we’re going to be stuck here for a bit,” I say, flicking on my hazards. My grandmother gives me an appraising side-eyed look, “I told you we’d be better off staying off the roads today, my girl. I’m okay, I’m okay!” She brushes my hand away from where I’v...
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