Tag: religious fiction
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Four “Meant for Better Things 31 October 13:05 Shock Trauma Unit Zelda, Sandy and Robin had already been turned away when they tried to visit Vince. The doctor had told them, “He won’t even know you’re here,” and told them to get home and stay safe, and use the phone for updates. It was something…
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“The White Hurricane” Jessup 16:56 After leaving the hospital, he had driven the straining Fiat all the way to ElkRidge on US Route One, the best and fastest way since I-95 was backed up. This way he had traffic too, and a lot of stopping for red lights, but, once out of the city, he…
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“Lady Patterson” Patterson Plantation, Abandoned Wednesday 31 October 20:50 The party was a success. Everyone was having fun, and though the hole in a corner of the room made way for cold air, Tommy Oppenheimer had, as usual, thought and scouted ahead. He had an outdoor portable generator going, a stack of fuel cans to…
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Ten The Man in the White Tuxedo Chesapeake Bay 15 November Thursday Communications were still down. Some of the power grid had been restored, but essentially remained offline. The weather had cleared, and warm, sunny days helped ice melt, but that only revealed the horrors of the dead who had been buried by the White…
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“Death from Above” Columbia 04:30 Joe knew they were killing him, but he couldn’t know anything else but burning pain. His Desert Eagle lay somewhere nearby, forgotten and covered quickly by snow. The spirits of evil were so powerful now, feeding off his terror and his anger that he was dying right after falling in…
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“El Stupido Bandito” Anne Arundel Hills Mall Saturday December 22 11:16 With Hippie back to his “normal” self, never far from Shannon, who he kissed constantly, everyone was in a better mood. Several malls had opened, and Joe and Angie were doing some Christmas shopping. Presently, Joe was at a counter eating a bacon, egg…
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Twenty-One “Plagued” Date Unknown Time unknown Location unknown The first thing he noticed—the thing that smacked him in the face—was the stench: dirty people, dead people, human waste of every sort, smoke and dust, and all of it poisonous. There was no telling the dead from the dying, the smell was the same. He dropped…
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Twenty-three “Garden Party” Condemned Town, Abandoned 5 January Friday It was hard to get Hippie to settle down and accept the fact that he shouldn’t go alone, that he needed assistance—backup, as Robin put it. So finally, he gave in and it became a full investigation by MHI. Sandy was the only reluctant member. She…
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Twenty-five “Bazodee” Wednesday 9 January 07:56 Ocean City There were seven of them, giving each of six a set of heavy oars, while the stern was alive with the cries of one who had done this before. He steered the boat with an aft oar, and the breakers were even worse than the heavy sea.…
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Twenty-nine “Amy” Exeter Academy — Hippie was uneasy, and the minute Vince drove the command vehicle down the hill from Exeter Road, blue lights glared everywhere and he felt a fear of something he had no reason to. He’d never been here before, yet it felt familiar. He had a flash of the place in…