She smiled as her children noisily ate their meal.
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The zombie apocalypse doesn’t change your family.
Bite-Sized Horror #29: Yummy
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Bite-Sized Horror #28: Gestation
“Is it a boy or a girl?” I asked, trying to get a look at the sonogram.
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My husband frowned at the screen and asked the nurse, “What is that?”
Bite-Sized Horror #27: Doorbell
Through the camera I could see the man who had followed me home.
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“Excuse me,” said my downstairs neighbour as she left the building.
Bite-Sized Horror #26: Jump
After over twenty years of jumping out of aeroplanes, I’m doing my last skydive ever today.
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My parachute won’t open.
Bite-Sized Horror #25: Breath
Struggling in the cold, black water, I swam for the surface.
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My fingers brushed the bottom of the lake.
Bite-Sized Horror #24: Hormones
As a teenager, I’ve always dreamt of having a girl knocking on my bedroom window.
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I wish the thing with the sewn-up eyes and the long teeth would go away, though.
Bite-Sized Horror #23: Craftsmanship
The builder my wife had hired was fantastic.
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So, I knew I’d never escape.
Bite-Sized Horror #22: Nape
I felt her warm breath against the back of my neck.
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The grizzly had found me.
Bite-Sized Horror #21: Alter
He had done it; he’d gone back in time and changed history for the better.
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Then he felt himself beginning to fade.
Bite-Sized Horror #20: Precipitation
Shortly after the familiar pitter-patter began, my wife grabbed her umbrella and headed outside for a walk.
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Five seconds later she started screaming: “BUGS!”
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