Tag: devil
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RAMBLIN’ MAN
It would be nice to stay, sitting in his chair under the trees, letting the sunlight warm his face. But his instinct said it was time to move on. He’d done all he could here: broke a few hearts, sowed some seeds of dissent, encouraged a few minor indiscretions. In time, the place would fall,…
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THE KELPIE
He appeared naked, emerging from the mist hanging over the loch. Mhairi stopped scrubbing the shirt. His torso was chiselled, the hair a dark mane, his eyes a piercing green. When the water no longer covered the top of his legs she knew she should look away, but she stared, as in a trance. He…
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CAST OUT THE LIGHT
They stood on the shore and watched the last lights float away on the tide. Their glow faded and the dark night took hold, the dark night that would last forever. It had been prophesied: cast out all light and let the dark rule. They would be rewarded when he came for them. Only the…
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THE GATES OF HELL (via CHARLTON)
‘You’re sure this is the right place?’ Norman looked at the grey concrete structure. ‘It’s just so very, well, ordinary.’ ‘What were you expecting?’ the sprite asked. ‘Perhaps a swirling vortex of doom, or an army of raging demons. At the very least a ferryman with a boat.’ ‘You read too much fiction,’ the sprite…
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DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
The piglet squealed in the sack as Harald threw it to the ground. It landed on the unmarked grave of his former rival. The familiar rustle approached. The huge snake slithered across the ground towards him. ‘This is the last I have,’ Harald said, pointing to the piglet. The snake reared up and looked Harald…
Iain Kelly 