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Chilling

Creeping, creeping Shadows, like dust under a bed, crawl from the corners toward you Creeping, creeping- Eerie low bellows quake your spine Slowly chills run up and down- Creeping... just cr e e p i ng Open your eyes, so so slow, just enough to see where the shadows are going, just cre e p i n g, c r ee ping... Low bellows, like a whale song, begin to temper longer, slower, louder. The sounds surround you, they are your atmosphere- your very air. Cacophonic, the air and wafting shadows wrap you in a cocoon of fear crawling up your spine Chilling- just c r e e p i n g, c r ee p i n g....

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 5/4/2014 10:01:00 PM
amy, silllybillykidster has written a short tribute to you. HAve you checked it out?
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Date: 4/17/2014 1:44:00 AM
Congrats on ur win Amy ! Very well written !
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Date: 4/16/2014 7:05:00 PM
Congrad's on your win. Light & Love
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Date: 4/16/2014 11:55:00 AM
Very scary. Congratulations on your win with it. Love, Joyce
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Date: 4/16/2014 10:10:00 AM
This is fantastic Amy. I love the repetitiveness and the anticipation of fear....hugs Tim
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Date: 4/16/2014 9:40:00 AM
Happy to see you on the winner's list. Congrats, amy
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Date: 4/16/2014 9:28:00 AM
Wow! chillingly assertive; very good. // congrats on win. // paul
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Date: 4/16/2014 4:24:00 AM
Nicely done Amy... Congratulations on winning in contest... Verlena
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Date: 4/16/2014 2:10:00 AM
Hi Amy, nice entry... I thought it was creative... congrats.... xox~Linda
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Date: 4/11/2014 10:42:00 PM
AMY, CongratS, on your win:) LUV ~SKAT~
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Date: 4/11/2014 9:38:00 PM
Hi Amy, , Congratulations, In Charlotte's MIX, contest.... always~ Linda
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Date: 4/11/2014 7:50:00 PM
looks like creeping under the bed. Or maybe down into an attic. Good way to SHOW not just say it!!! Congrats for your win, Amy.
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Date: 4/11/2014 5:01:00 PM
modernistic, intriguing and atmospheric, this just had to place for its creative originality - congrats on your win in my contest :)
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Date: 4/5/2014 5:54:00 PM
ooh that is very descriptive and gives me the creepy crawlies how fun.
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