“She said she saw two eyes staring out at her. So we got a little closer. I couldn’t see anything at all.” Simon pauses to breath. ” I thought it was a dog or something.”
Simon looks back to the brush pile. His right hand drawn tight against a pounding chest.
“It was black…. I think. It all happened so fast.” Simon’s voice fails as his eyes cloud with tears.
“Then she was gone. We know the story. But you still didn’t answer how you could lose an arm and how she could disappear leaving nothing but blood.” Detective Mills looks around the scene. “It’s like she was slaughtered. And you have no idea what did this in broad daylight?! Why if you had both arms!”
“I’m telling you she saw two eyes.” Simon starts again.
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Coloring Outside the Lines 
Disturbing and really good! Wallie and I enjoyed! Sends a shiver up the spine
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I’m glad I could raise the chill factor with a little mystery & dialogue. Thank you for the kind words
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The Gobblers! Such a fun take!
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Oh wait, maybe the eyes could have been zombie wild turkeys! Thank you for the kind words. I like the anonymous beast
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Enjoyed!
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Thank you very much! It was a fun write
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Totally creepy – I don’t think I’ll go down to the woods today. She got a surprise she hadn’t bargained on and the detective doesn’t believe in the eyes. Well done.
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Thank you very much. No-one ever believes in the eyes until too late. Interrogating dialogue sets a nice mood. 😉
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It might have been a ‘giant’ spider. But don’t tell Inspector Mills, he has to work it out for himself.
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As we all have to do to make sense if the world around us
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Oh my gosh! Whatever those two eyes were ate her! Great story Mark!
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Probably did, but without a body hard to say. There is always something in those brush piles
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LOL! That’s true!
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A gruesome mystery. It does look like someone could disappear in there…
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It was my first thought, and couldn’t budge from it. So I’m glad it worked
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