REINCARNATION

The money, tucked in Tad's saddle bag, leaned against the tree Tad called “bed” tonight. He smirked. Easy job. He staked out the bank for weeks before the heist. Pulled it off alone. The money was his. He nodded, snoring softly.

Quiet Fox slit Tad's throat instantly. Leaving the saddle bag, he took Tad's scalp.

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SNIFF

Six year old Virginia waltzed through Aunt Stella's garden. Tall, exotic flowers dwarfed her diminutive frame.


Giggles bubbled from her baby mouth as she embraced and sniffed each colorful blossom. The blood red rose was the loveliest and last she sampled.


Virginia dropped as did the curious, circling flies. Sometimes the prettiest is the deadliest.


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CONVICTED

Jeffrey lounged in his favorite recliner as the spirit children circled. He felt their presence and began to squirm.

Although their wounds no longer pained them, they found forgiveness impossible. The children closed the circle.

Jeffrey gasped for air. He wondered if his victims felt this way just before the end. Suffocating, he silently wept.

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Excerpt

Dear Readers: I am working on a library computer today in Punta Gorda, Florida, and am having no luck with copying my horror story from the "jump drive" onto the blog page. So--here is an opening paragraph from a conventional story that I recently began writing. It will just have to do for this week! Next week, I'll bring my usual Dark Donnetta offering back!

I hear sounds of my daughter bustling in the kitchen. Cups, glasses, plates clamor being washed. She hums, busy. She is happy being a wife and mother. You hear it; know it by the sound of her working. Contentment. I wonder whether or not I paid enough attention to her when she was a child.

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Elementary

Dick loved Jane. Jane loved Dick. Jane and Dick loved drugs. Dick and Jane were sad. Jane got a job. Dick did more drugs. Jane went to school. Dick grew jealous. Jane had friends. Dick had drugs. Jane pleaded. Dick drugged. Jane grew strong. Dick grew bitter. Jane wept. Dick screamed. Jane left. Dick died.

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UNKIND CUT

Isamu was a good man, a brave man who foolishly brought shame upon his household. He lusted after Aiko unable to control his passion. She did not repel his overtures, instead, had welcomed them. Eventually, guilt overtook him. Now the brave man perspired heavily as he kneeled. He placed the sword against his heart, falling.

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