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Category: Bite-Sized Horror

Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #23

23rd Dec 201924th Dec 20195 Comments

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The man and deer charged with a murderous yell,

But the young stood their ground: “You can go back to Hell!”

There was a clashing of arms, and much blood was spilled,

And before the tide turned, the deer ate his fill.


This is part twenty-three of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part twenty-four!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #22

22nd Dec 201923rd Dec 20193 Comments

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The children spied The Red Man in sight,

And with their slingshots, shot him out of flight.

The sleigh and reindeer crashed to a halt,

All the beasts dead, except for Rudolph.


This is part twenty-two of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part twenty-three!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #21

21st Dec 201922nd Dec 20193 Comments

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As word quickly spread of how Santa changed,

The last few kids themselves they arranged.

The youngsters now armed, had banded together

To take down Saint Nick, for now and forever.


This is part twenty-one of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part twenty-two!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #20

20th Dec 201921st Dec 20193 Comments

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Parents went scrambling to wayward tots’ beds

Only to find their errant kids dead.

A few were left safe, p’rhaps one in a million,

The reason was glaring; they were the good children.


This is part twenty of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part twenty-one!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #19

19th Dec 201920th Dec 20196 Comments

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The screams that cut through the silence so still

Haunt me until my death day they will.

From rooftop to rooftop he skipped through the snow,

Scratching names off his list, sending souls down below.


This is part nineteen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part twenty!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #18

18th Dec 201919th Dec 20193 Comments

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The first of the naughty woke up with a jolt

To the stomping of hooves and sounds that revolt.

“Santa?” they asked, near the end of life’s plan.

“SANTA IS DEAD. I AM THE RED MAN.”


This is part eighteen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part nineteen!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #17

17th Dec 201918th Dec 20193 Comments

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The sleigh took to sky on a night inky black,

The elves feebly watched, there was no going back.

With a roar from the man and a crack of his whip,

They fled in a flash, into darkness they slipped.


This is part seventeen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part eighteen!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #16

16th Dec 201917th Dec 20194 Comments

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“ON BASHER, ON SLASHER,

ON MURDEROUS VIXEN!

THE WORLD HAS GONE BAD,

LET’S BLOW ‘EM TO BITS, THEN!”


This is part sixteen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part seventeen!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #15

15th Dec 201916th Dec 20193 Comments

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All over the world,

Young boys and young girls

Went to sleep on that night;

Dreams of gifts and sleigh’s flight.


This is part fifteen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part sixteen!

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Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas #14

14th Dec 201915th Dec 20194 Comments

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All through the day and all through the night,

The workers ploughed on, without respite.

And as Christmas Eve drew nearer and nearer,

The tragedy to come became clearer and clearer.


This is part fourteen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part fifteen !

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