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In the Moonlight

It 'twas a quiet day dreary and not the slightest bit gay as i walked down the hillside the town was barely visible with my disturbed sight when i was near the main road on my way home i had noticed i was utterly alone i bolted for my house not a mile away as the quiet seconds of loneliness had felt like days i came tumbling to the house and as i opened the door the quiet engulfed me it seemed more and more it was dark but the moon was full giving off a blue light the opposite of dull as i scanned the room searching for a light i found my back door to be opened wide in that second my heart had stopped and in the moonlight my eyes had caught a man (or it seemed) was watching my every move i was too startled to blink for in the light which had only sought his face i saw the eyes of a monster and my stomach started to sink as it crawled, its feet seemed out of place, the floorboards creaked and it uttered my name...

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