both residents of Hemming and students at Durden High School, were found dead Monday morning after sustaining multiple snake bites. Both had apparently died in their homes during the night. Authorities searched each property and found no snakes in the homes or on the premises. “I hate that this happens to innocent members of our community each year,” Sheriff Ned Robertson said in a statement issued Monday afternoon. “I assure the public we’re doing everything in our power to prevent this terrible occurrence from happening again.” Mayor Wallace Barnham declined comment when reached for an interview, although an anonymous source claims his office is coordinating efforts with the Arlo County Sheriff’s Department to protect those who reside in housing vulnerable to snake intrusion.
Last year, thirteen young men and women were killed in Arlo County as a result of this questionable snake attack phenomenon. The public should maintain a heightened alertness while proceeding through wooded areas and places of cover where snakes might nest. For more information, visit our courtesy website at…
Jared wadded up the newsprint and tossed it into the floor. I did it. I can’t believe I actually did it. He wasn’t sure how to feel about it. The first reaping of the season was merely a demonstration for his own good. He had watched his mentor in action, using the same methods he had been taught. It had been numbing watching Ashley die like that in a frozen fit of shear terror. After it was all over, he had followed his mentor back to the station wagon and drove out to the shack in the woods to return the snakes to their den. It wasn’t until the next day he received his first assignment, his first solo. And the job went off without a hitch. That feeling…
Oh when they bit Susan, it was orgasmic. It was as though her entire life force was sucked out of her, feeding into his own by way of some mystical thievery taking place. Once it was over, that feeling had immediately transformed into an impulse. He no longer felt obligated to do it in fear of Pearson’s retaliation. He wanted to do it. No other sensation in the world had any chance of fulfilling him in the same way. If he still had a conscience after last night, it would only be a matter of time before it was squashed like a spent cigarette. The doubts and moral complications would unravel and disappear. Soon, he would be the one who delivered those pitiful souls back to the dark forces who truly owned them.He thought about Maryann Lubbock and what state of hysterics she might be in right now since her daughter was lying on a cold slab somewhere. She knew this time would come, Jared. She knew. Don’t forget that.
He got into the shower and tried to scrub away the grime of human compassion that had been his strongest quality for most of his young life.
These desperate wannabe mothers… Don’t they know they should be careful what they wish for?
7
While riding in back of a mildew-scented Greyhound, Alan turned over the last words Sedgewick had left him with: I think someone up there brought them here.
The idea of a sick looney from Pennsylvania breeding some kind of super-serpent and carrying it to the south was an absurd idea, but one to consider. As a student of science and as a member of the unpredictable human race, Alan was obligated to consider each and every possibility.
His wife hadn’t been too keen about his two week research project away from home since they were expecting a child in February, and because there was still much to be done in order to transform the upstairs guest room into a nursery before the baby came. He had promised to call Elizabeth every night before bed. The university had paid for his lodging at the Bartleby Motel near the Arlo County Archives where he’d be spending most of his time during his stay in Durden, and long-distance phone calls were an added bonus.
The bus had been on the road for almost two hours and he
Last year, thirteen young men and women were killed in Arlo County as a result of this questionable snake attack phenomenon. The public should maintain a heightened alertness while proceeding through wooded areas and places of cover where snakes might nest. For more information, visit our courtesy website at…
Jared wadded up the newsprint and tossed it into the floor. I did it. I can’t believe I actually did it. He wasn’t sure how to feel about it. The first reaping of the season was merely a demonstration for his own good. He had watched his mentor in action, using the same methods he had been taught. It had been numbing watching Ashley die like that in a frozen fit of shear terror. After it was all over, he had followed his mentor back to the station wagon and drove out to the shack in the woods to return the snakes to their den. It wasn’t until the next day he received his first assignment, his first solo. And the job went off without a hitch. That feeling…
Oh when they bit Susan, it was orgasmic. It was as though her entire life force was sucked out of her, feeding into his own by way of some mystical thievery taking place. Once it was over, that feeling had immediately transformed into an impulse. He no longer felt obligated to do it in fear of Pearson’s retaliation. He wanted to do it. No other sensation in the world had any chance of fulfilling him in the same way. If he still had a conscience after last night, it would only be a matter of time before it was squashed like a spent cigarette. The doubts and moral complications would unravel and disappear. Soon, he would be the one who delivered those pitiful souls back to the dark forces who truly owned them.He thought about Maryann Lubbock and what state of hysterics she might be in right now since her daughter was lying on a cold slab somewhere. She knew this time would come, Jared. She knew. Don’t forget that.
He got into the shower and tried to scrub away the grime of human compassion that had been his strongest quality for most of his young life.
These desperate wannabe mothers… Don’t they know they should be careful what they wish for?
7
While riding in back of a mildew-scented Greyhound, Alan turned over the last words Sedgewick had left him with: I think someone up there brought them here.
The idea of a sick looney from Pennsylvania breeding some kind of super-serpent and carrying it to the south was an absurd idea, but one to consider. As a student of science and as a member of the unpredictable human race, Alan was obligated to consider each and every possibility.
His wife hadn’t been too keen about his two week research project away from home since they were expecting a child in February, and because there was still much to be done in order to transform the upstairs guest room into a nursery before the baby came. He had promised to call Elizabeth every night before bed. The university had paid for his lodging at the Bartleby Motel near the Arlo County Archives where he’d be spending most of his time during his stay in Durden, and long-distance phone calls were an added bonus.
The bus had been on the road for almost two hours and he
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