A creak, small, almost beyond hearing - a subtle change in the fabric which shakes the bones and makes the skin crawl. Fear grips the spine, nerves shatter with tension. The bed creaks.
"Oh God, why do they give kids hockey sticks?"
"It's a cruel world for monsters nowadays, Jerry."
Simon Pearcy polly.clark@soton-echo.co.uk
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