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Whirled News #7

Horror author and social commentator Mark McLaughlin attacks today’s most burning issues, and occasionally some future issues, whenever his psychic powers kick in and/or he’s had a couple gin-and-tonics. Mr. McLaughlin and the officials at Delirium Books do not accept responsibility for any negative outcomes that might arise (such as bankruptcy, dismemberment or death) when [...]

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Horror D’oeuvre #15

Books
by Blu Gilliand

© 2007 by Blu Gilliand
All Right Reserved.
The sign over the door said simply: BOOKS.
The store appeared to have been there forever. The walls were white, the door green, and the paint on both was fractured in a thousand tiny lines. Thick cobwebs gathered in the corners of the front window, wrapping the small [...]

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So Here’s The Thing

So Here’s The Thing
by Martin Mundt
© 2007 by Martin Mundt
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Episode 7: $87,500,000
So here’s the thing—I’ve been getting these on my fax machine, and the more I think about it, the better it sounds. What do you think?
Federal Republic of Nigeria:
Special Cash Disbursement Unto Foreigners Assistance Department, Tel/Fax 256-1-1159857 ext. 18, Suite 234
Dr. [...]

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So Here’s The Thing

So Here’s The Thing
by Martin Mundt
© 2007 by Martin Mundt
All Rights Reserved.
Episode 7: The Chicken Killers
So here’s the thing—if El Pollo ever had a friend, then surely that friend was I. So, if I would not do what had to be done, then who would?
But first, before you answer that question, let me tell [...]

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Whirled News #6

Horror author and social commentator Mark McLaughlin attacks today’s most burning issues, and occasionally some future issues, whenever his psychic powers kick in and/or he’s had a couple gin-and-tonics. Mr. McLaughlin and the officials at Delirium Books do not accept responsibility for any negative outcomes that might arise (such as bankruptcy, dismemberment or death) when [...]

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Horror D’oeuvre #14

TRAPPED IN THE REFLECTION OF YOUR EYES
by Kurt Newton
 
© 2007 by Kurt Newton
All Rights Reserved.

When they revived your mother twenty minutes after her heart had stopped, you could tell by the distant stare trapped in the gel of her eyes that twenty minutes was far too long to be absent from the here and now.
And [...]

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So Here’s The Thing

So Here’s The Thing
by Martin Mundt
© 2007 by Martin Mundt
All Rights Reserved.

Episode 6: El Pollo

So here’s the thing—I will now tell you what happened, but you will not believe me, and that is as it should be. You will say: that old man, he is a liar, or loco, or worse. Or, if [...]

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Horror D’oeuvre #13

The Next Hit Album
by Ray Wallace
© 2007 by Ray Wallace
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Johnny stood at the top of the stairs looking down into the basement. As always, it was dark there. Because that’s the way the thing that lived down there liked it.
He didn’t want to descend those stairs but he had to. It was [...]

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Disturbances: Surreal Thoughts On Real Events #3

Today’s Headline, Wednesday, May 29, 2007
by Kurt Newton

© 2007 by Kurt Newton
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TEXAS MOTHER HANGS HERSELF, 3 CHILDREN
Wow, now there’s an eye-grabbing headline. Might as well say CRAZY BITCH DECIDES TO OFF SELF, TAKES CHILDREN WITH HER. You know, just in case it gets kind of lonely on the other side. [...]

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Whirled News #5

Horror author and social commentator Mark McLaughlin attacks today’s most burning issues, and occasionally some future issues, whenever his psychic powers kick in and/or he’s had a couple gin-and-tonics. Mr. McLaughlin and the officials at Delirium Books do not accept responsibility for any negative outcomes that might arise (such as bankruptcy, dismemberment or death) when [...]

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