These Bad Things

One night, when he was seven or eight, she read her son a story from a book called These Bad Things. It was surprisingly scary, and she knew she should stop, but they were so far in. She wanted to see how it ended. The post These Bad Things appeared first on Guernica. Continue reading at 'Guernica'

[ Guernica | 2019-12-23 19:30:20 UTC ]
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