Stories tagged “vultures”
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Breakfast Gone Bad
Fur matted to his scrawny body from the rain, the ragged little cat made his way up the hill. Vultures watched in the trees above waiting for their morning meal. The cats head hung low, his legs dragging. Reaching the top he collapsed, rolled over on h...
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Final Boarding Call for Hell
What I would give to redo the past 24 hours of my life, I could have changed everything. You see, I have fallen victim to them. The Watchers. I guess I should explain a bit. The town I live in doesn’t have a police force. We don’t have crim...
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Gliding Over the Earth
The first figure steps from behind the tree. And then another. And another, and another, and another. Soon they were surrounding me. Easily 20 of them. But I knew there were billions more. They didn’t move at first, the black, gaping holes where ...
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Frost
Yesterday afternoon, there were vultures circling above the cow pasture. They soared down in lazy arcs and bounced into the grass. The cows got upset with them and set about to crying. One of the young bulls charged at the vultures and they took off, s...