Slumped against the window in the back seat of a generic luxury sedan, young james idly wonders what he's doing awake.
Albino, Backstory, Dark, Drama, James, Morbid, Raccoon, exposition, flashback, tragic
I'm sorry, james! i'm so, so sorry!"
Ander, Clean, Fox, James, Laura, Markus, Novel, Serial, Story, Wolf
No, luke and james were the only ones inside right now, and they were still on the upper level.
Ander, Banno, Clean, Fox, James, Novel, Serial, Story, Wolf, luke
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'Banno' he said his name was. Only two syllables, but it still made Luke feel uneasy. He had roared that name by the river, and at the time, Luke had thought it would be the last word he would ever hear.
He folded his arms across the table and...
Ander, Clean, Fox, James, Novel, Serial, Story, Tim, Valery, Wolf, luke
"james? what news do -" it must have been written all over his face, because jon, who was always so jolly and cheerful, broke down almost immediately. "no... no, it can't be? not emily? is she...?"
james didn't say anything, but he didn't need to.
Ander, Clean, Fox, James, Novel, Serial, Story, Tim, Valery, Wolf, luke
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"So what really happened in there?" Luke asked, but to Valery it didn't sound like he actually cared that much. Also, she didn't like the way the gaps in the barn's walls threw lines of light across his face, like warpaint.
"Banno scratched his...
Ander, Clean, Fox, James, Novel, Serial, Story, Tim, Valery, Wolf, luke
46
-uuke!"
He didn't turn back. He was looking down at his shadow, spread out before him, made spiky by the grass. It pulsated in time with the blaze at his back, jumping and fading, growing dark again. Shadows weren't supposed to be so clear at...
Ander, Clean, Fox, James, Novel, Serial, Story, Tim, Valery, Wolf, luke
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"Jitters!!" Valery screamed, the full horror of what was happening before her eyes slamming into her all at once. She was still in her nightclothes, and ordinarily she would have been freezing her tail off on a night like this, but the barn was...
Ander, Clean, Fox, James, Novel, Serial, Story, Tim, Valery, Wolf, luke
james shouted down the tunnel, one hand cupped around his muzzle.
"no i'm not!" luke followed it up.
"gods give me strength..." james muttered into his palm, shaking his head.
Ander, Banno, Clean, Fox, James, Novel, Serial, Story, Tim, Valery, Wolf, luke
"james," the wolf suddenly spoke up, instantly tripling luke's heartbeat. "you really don't have to be so -"
dad silenced him with a raised hand. "no, banno.
Ander, Banno, Clean, Fox, James, Novel, Serial, Story, Tim, Valery, Wolf, luke
"come along james, now the real work begins."
Creative Writing, Fear, Female, Horror, Lovecraftian, Male, Short Story, WritersCrossing, Writing prompt, short stories