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Every time I use it now, I’ll always have that thought in the back of my mind, what if it happens again.

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“It’s okay, mom. I know she died.”

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I know you hated that thing Cody. But believe me my boy, there are far worse things out there than crows or straw men.

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When this story is over, YOU get to vote for the ending!

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“It takes 30 days for someone to go blind in this level of darkness,” the voice said, followed by a click. The faint light on my helmet blinking out.

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Every night when I tuck my kid in bed, he asked me to check the closet for monsters. Every night I try to pretend that monsters aren’t real.

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“What if everyone thought that Bloody Mary took me away?”

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I watched Jada’s body get lowered into the ground and showered with red and white roses. It would be the last time I would ever see her, the last time I would be that close to her without six feet of mud and moss and maggots between us. Unless…

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She tried to hide against the wall of the top bunk where she was sleeping, but as Sells went to leave the room he turned around and spotted her. Sells reached over, grabbed Krystal, and slit her throat.

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“They had buried the dead kid in the backyard with all of the dead animals.”