Even in bright daylight‚ it looked extremely scary. Nagaraj‚ the 70 madman who sang to himself by the river every day from dawn till dusk‚ told them he had once seen the tree wrap it vines around little kids who ventured unknowingly near it and then reel the kids into its thick canopy of leaves‚ and no one would ever see the kid again. It was a tree that ate little children
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“The Sniper” Short Story Analysis Liam O’flaherty’s “The Sniper” creates an eerie feeling caused by the intensity and severity of the raging war of the authors mind and text. Having read “The Sniper” and given the end‚ a notion is created that the author has brotherly issues or perhaps issues with a friend that is considered a brother. The sniper in the story is going through war and through the text it is shown that he is cautious and patient in his work. Although he is careful in the line
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"Here lies the legacy of the poor‚ ungrateful savages‚" read the stone that marked the place of the unmark graves of the poor. The students have been reading books on cemeteries and graveyards‚ but the ones that peaked the student’s interests were the graveyard of the unmarked graves. Most students thought it was unkind or disrespectful towards those people to have their graves unmarked. They didn’t believe that the city or richer people could delegate if a person should have their graves marked
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Howardsville‚ a quaint little city‚ nestled in the foothills of the Putney Mountains located forty miles southwest of Charleston‚ West Virginia‚ had its own dark history. Having lived his entire life in the two–story house on the outskirts of town‚ Ernest Cassidy was familiar with the myths‚ legends‚ and lies about his city and was always quick to defend it. The mysteries began years earlier when Dr. Ronald Hackney; a surgeon at General Hospital in Charleston came up missing. One morning‚ he didn’t
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For the sake of anonymity I’ll keep some names private‚ and call myself Beowulf. My story happened around two years ago‚ I was 26 years old when my family and I had noticed that my grandmother was starting to forget our names‚ couldn’t recall certain events‚ and at times seemed in a daze and lost from her state of mind‚ completely forgetting where she was in that moment. This was followed by her stumbling around the house and falling a few times. One time it got to the point where she fell down
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The protagonists from Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories are usually insane people with revenge and murder in their mind. Firstly‚ they deny insanity and try to hide it. Secondly‚ always seek revenge without giving proper explanation as to why. Finally‚ they always seek out their revenge by committing a murder‚ proving that denying insanity is the easiest way to prove to be insane. First of all‚ all of the protagonists from Poe’s short stories try to hide their insanity‚ therefore proving them to be
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Stories among Us Mei Li was born in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia on July 17‚ 1971. She was a happy and healthy baby. As she grew up‚ she had the urge to go to America. She wanted the job opportunities that the US had offered‚ but she was scared. She would be the first person of her family to go to America. She would have to go alone and explore this unfamiliar place. After comparing the pros and cons‚ she made up her mind. Mei flew from Malaysia to New York. She got a job as a hairdresser nearby her apartment
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gotten cell phone reception‚ and even if we could have‚ it would have taken hours for anyone to get to us. I made a decision. I had to face my fears‚ that would be the only way I could get past them. I took a cautious step forward. I was now a step away from being right next to the snake‚ easily within striking distance. I took a deep breath. The snake was rattling his tail‚ warning me not to go any further. I stepped forward. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash of movement as the Great Basin Rattlesnake
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"Are you sure you’ll be fine without me?" Mabel asked‚ twiddling her numbs nervously as she sat on her bed in the room she shared with her brother in the Mystery Shack. Mabel was preparing to leave for a fun day with her friends‚ Candy and Grenda‚ as she planned to spend this summer more focused on friends and family more so than romance. In response to her question‚ Dipper gave a small nod‚ and coughed in between. Dipper gave her a weak smile‚ his voice cracked awkwardly even more than usual because
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well before nightfall. The surf’s rough‚ but nothing a raft of Selkies or seals couldn’t handle. Now the local Selkie clan would meet the three male Leopard seal out in the ocean in their non-humanoid form. The Leopard seal shifters differ vastly from the Selkies. Selkies required their fur pelt to take on their Selkie form‚ without their pelt‚ cannot change into seals. Whereas‚ the Leopard seal shifter is able to alter by will alone. It’s handier to be a shifter when traveling abroad‚ far easier
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