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Bite-Sized Horror #49: Endurance

20th Sep 20193 Comments

“Hang in there,” he said, before leaving.

—

I swung back and forth on the butcher’s meat hook.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #48: Improve

Bite-Sized Horror #48: Improve

19th Sep 201918th Sep 20191 Comment

“Let’s hope this goes better than the last one.”

—

The anaesthesia pulled me under before I could ask the surgeon what he meant.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #47: Tan

Bite-Sized Horror #47: Tan

18th Sep 20195 Comments

She had sun-kissed skin.

—

Their spacecraft had gotten too close.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #46: Conflict

Bite-Sized Horror #46: Conflict

17th Sep 201911th Sep 20191 Comment

“The pen is mightier than the sword!” I told him.

—

I then pushed him into the coliseum, armed with a Biro.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #45: Thief

Bite-Sized Horror #45: Thief

16th Sep 201911th Sep 20191 Comment

The first time I met her, she stole my heart.

—

And sold it on the black market.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #44: Accident

Bite-Sized Horror #44: Accident

15th Sep 201911th Sep 20191 Comment

[Language warning]

 

“She’s gone arse over tit,” he said.

—

The cosmetic surgery had ended horribly.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #43: Hairy

Bite-Sized Horror #43: Hairy

13th Sep 201911th Sep 20193 Comments

[Language warning]

 

“It’s the dog’s bollocks!” she said.

—

As I swallowed my last mouthful of the meatballs.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #42: Sorrow

Bite-Sized Horror #42: Sorrow

12th Sep 201911th Sep 20191 Comment

After the relationship ended, I cried my eyes out.

—

The doctors are still trying to put them back in.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #41: Branch

Bite-Sized Horror #41: Branch

11th Sep 201911th Sep 20191 Comment

“His bark is worse than his bite,” joked Dad, as he wheezed for breath.

—

The tree tightened its grip around our waists.

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<< Bite-Sized Horror #40: Monitor

Bite-Sized Horror #39: Listening

9th Sep 20191 Comment

“I’m all ears,” I said with a grin.

—

The radiation really messed me up.

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