My baby daughter has just started learning to crawl.
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I wish I knew how to get her down from the ceiling.
Bite-Sized Horror #19: Learning
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Bite-Sized Horror #18: Slab
“Is this a joke?” I asked, shivering.
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“She was right here,” said the diener, gesturing towards the bare slab.
Bite-Sized Horror #17: Search
After he confessed, they searched day and night for the bodies.
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It never occurred to the police that they might have moved on their own.
Bite-Sized Horror #16: Window
“What’s that noise?” asked my four-year-old daughter.
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“Just trees in the wind,” I said, whilst blocking her view of the window.
Bite-Sized Horror #15: Beautiful
Mom said she was just putting her face on.
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I walked in without knocking, thinking she was talking about makeup.
Bite-Sized Horror #14: Best Friend
I was really upset when Fido barked in my direction.
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I was even more upset when I realised, he wasn’t barking at me.
Bite-Sized Horror #13: Prices
“All purchases are final,” said the salesman.
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I truly understood why he said it cost “an arm and a leg” when I heard the revving of the chainsaw.
Bite-Sized Horror #12: Eight
“They’re more scared of you than you are of them,” I had mocked.
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Slowly, I backed into the corner as the spiders kept coming.
Bite-Sized Horror #11: Time
Bite-Sized Horror #10: Kink
I gave him a naughty wink when I saw the plastic sheets and camera.
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I never saw the axe.
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