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The Dig

December 7, 2020 2 Comments

By Ed Gage

We scraped out the tunnel for months, us digging upward, the greedy British imperialists shovelling down. “We’ll meet them halfway,” our leader barked. “It will be glorious!”

I was at the front when we finally broke through. The stone crumbled away, the flash of a torch briefly blinding me.

“What the hell?” a human trembled.

I squinted at the man then lunged, clamping my jaws around his soft pale face. My teeth crunching through bone as I tore away his head.

“Glorious!” I snarled and my co-workers cheered from the darkness. Together we clambered toward the spear of daylight revealed above.

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  1. Derek says

    December 7, 2020 at 11:15 am

    My goodness. I wasn’t expecting that.

    Reply
  2. Carman says

    December 10, 2020 at 4:36 pm

    I love unexpected horror!!

    Reply

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