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North Dark | Chapter 16 of 21
The only sounds are grunts of climbing, the boom of wind, and the rattle of chains, as they all walk on in the daylight.
Dec 16, 2023
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North Dark | Chapter 15 of 21
On the open plains, they pass starving burdenbeasts dragging wagons of dead pilots and dead passengers, each body distorted, bent, mutational, every…
Dec 16, 2023
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North Dark | Chapter 14 of 21
He boots the deranged man away. The thing slides down the plane of loose rock, pushes himself to his feet and scuttles out into the darkness.
Dec 9, 2023
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November 2023
Nov '23 Update
NYC Marathon | 2 North Dark Chapters | Turkey Trot | Social Media Cringe Binge
Nov 25, 2023
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North Dark | Chapter 13 of 21
He takes up the knife and throws open the tent flap. A humpbacked crone, wrapped in a hooded cloak, huddles near his campfire. A matted cape of white…
Nov 19, 2023
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North Dark | Chapter 12 of 21
Two Crows leaps backward and all of the slaves begin hissing and cawing to themselves. They look at the whiteskinned man seizing on the ground and they…
Nov 19, 2023
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October 2023
North Dark | Chapter 11 of 21
He leaves the cabin and walks out into the sunlit wilderness; bound, hungry, injured and though he does not see anyone at all, he knows he is pursued.
Oct 28, 2023
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September 2023
North Dark | Chapter 10 of 21
Their faces are dirty, blackened with smoky tattoos and age. Those that do not carry crossbows carry large crude hooks on chains.
Sep 29, 2023
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August 2023
North Dark | Chapter 9 of 21
Two Crows stares at the man—older, tired, hungry. His face is sallow, grizzled and his eyes are sunken, affrighted.
Aug 13, 2023
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July 2023
North Dark | Chapter 8 of 21
... he removes one hand from the sled and draws his crossbow. He lowers himself and braces the stock of the crossbow against the wicker handle.
Jul 20, 2023
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June 2023
North Dark | Chapter 7 of 21
Teeth glow snowbright against its bloody jaws. A ring of bloodslicked fur cuffs each leg.
Jun 15, 2023
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On Setting in Horror
Horror fills space. The more finely crafted the space, the more beautiful the horror.
Jun 10, 2023
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