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Butterfly
Most of the time, she lived with the monster Thomas, the one she didn’t love, the one she feared.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Convert
Some beliefs can eat you alive...
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Macabre Monday
Feeling bloodthirsty? Our fiction has fangs.
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Author Michele Bardsley
15
Well, Crap. That's the Last Time I Go to the Bathroom in Suite 13
There's a monster problem at The Winchester Hotel.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Mother
“Is this your fourth or fifth divorce?” I ask. “I can’t remember.”
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Author Michele Bardsley
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A Mother Scorned
I knew lots about subtraction, including 3 – 1 = 2.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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The Monster Lives in the Basement
You think about what a terrible little boy you are while the monster eats you.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Our New Lipstick Will Leave You Speechless
Put the lipstick on. See if it improves your face.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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It's a Dirty Job, Dead Ned
I took a monster job at The Winchester Hotel.
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Author Michele Bardsley
8
Sundays at Granny's
Breathing ain’t living, Granny. Living is living.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Spiders
Those pricks ruined breakfast for me forever.
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Author Michele Bardsley
9
Guilt Eats Away at Me
The neon sign of the liquor store shines like the bright welcome of a church...
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Author Michele Bardsley
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