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An elderly woman mistakenly adopts an eldritch being that she has confused for an abandoned pet.

My Perfect Stephen

I could not for the life of me understand how old Carol Weathers, the tottering bubble of sunshine who noticed the engagement ring sparkling on my hand the minute she saw me, had somehow missed the eight-foot tall _thing _towering in her kitchen, helping itself to raw pasta.

If you asked me to describe exactly what the thing in her kitchen was, I wouldnโ€™t have been able to tell you. It had a som...

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Tall Grass

โ€œโ€ฆFirst, drive up Pinewood Ave until you hit the grasslands. Floor it from then on. You might be thinking of turning tail after forty or fifty minutes, but donโ€™t hit the brake. Just donโ€™t. Itโ€™s a straight line down. Straight line back. Otherwise, youโ€™ll be bad news, kid. Near the end of the road, past the abandoned construction job and empty trailers, youโ€™ll find Mollyโ€™s place โ€” the diner parked i...

Oh Sweet Darkness

Margaret had been meaning to get a new prescription for some time now, but still the misunderstanding is really not her fault. Anyone with her eyesight would believe a little sweet thing like Maximus to be a dog when faced with them.

How was she to know that she was petting a piece of darkness incarnate?

Okay, _sure. _The little guy introduced him- apologies, themself as Magnum Tenebrosum, but ...

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Cutie Pie

_The elderly human suspected nothing. It was laughable how easy it was to infiltrate her frail spirit. Mortals are weak, foolish. They know nothing of the true nature of this world. They know nothing of the shadows. _

โ€œHere kitty! I got some tuna for you.โ€

Carlak bristled at the old womanโ€™s voice. They didnโ€™t care for the flippant attitude their new servant spoke to them. Still, they were famish...

Fluffy Shadows

I have watched thousands fall by the meer infliction of my gaze. Iโ€™ve toppled empires and left only destruction in my wake. Iโ€™ve assumed the mass casualities of a raging storm. Iโ€™ve been called many names, feeble human reductions in my power to try to understand me. Only nowโ€ฆ โ€œFluffy!!โ€ I heard the old crow coo at me. She was nearly blind, with glasses that took up half her face doing hardly anyth...

Pet

My fur baby Oh so lazy Never moves Never eats Just sits there At my feet...

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Strange & Perfect

Flashlight in hand, Izzy searched the wooded area behind her house. The last few days when she took Sheba for a walk she had felt eyes on her. Her old German Shepherd would growl and even lurch at the trees. Tonightโ€™s walk Izzy hadnโ€™t felt watched but she thought sheโ€™d heard a mewling. Sheba refused to enter the woods at all. Izzy couldnโ€™t get the worry out of her mind.

With a high-powered flashl...

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Mrs. Whitaker's New Pet

Mrs. Agnes Whitaker had always been a woman of kindness, the sort who left out saucers of milk for strays and talked to the robins in her garden. So when she found the poor, shivering creature curled up beneath her hydrangeas one blustery evening, her heart clenched with sympathy.

โ€œOh, you poor dear,โ€ she cooed, bending down with only the mildest creak of her knees. The thingโ€”coiled, glossy, and ...

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๐™ธ๐šŸ๐šข ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ ๐š”๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›. ๐™ท๐š’๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šข ๐š™๐šŠ๐š ๐šœ ๐š ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐šž๐š™ ๐š’๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š˜๐š ๐šข๐šŠ๐š›๐š—**ูซ** ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐šž๐š๐š๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ. "๐™พ๐š‘**ูซ** ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐š˜." ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š’๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š—๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š’๐š–๐šŠ๐š• ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š๐šŽ๐š›. "๐š†๐š‘๐šŠ๐š'๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š”๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š—'๐šœ ๐š—๏ฟฝ...

No Soliciting

The little old lady at number 237 opened her green door to the wiry door to door salesmen. His wide smile laid on as thick as his cheap cologne. โ€œOh why hello dear.โ€ The old lady cooed, her chunky glasses made her eyes bulge on her petite face. โ€œGood day maโ€™am, Iโ€™m Bucky Dutton with Spurious investments, I was hoping I might have a few minutes of your day.โ€ His voice was high and energetic, yet b...