The Abyss Gazes Into You

by Batak Beatrix

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My breath was coming in shallow gasps, I was frozen, unable to run and unable to scream. That thing that looked like Brad just stood there, smiling at me in a way that looked wrong on my brother’s kind face. It caused a horrible chill to run up my spine, but it was those eyes that kept me rooted in place.

“What are you?” I whispered.

He began to laugh, a horrible high-pitched cackle that caused the hair on my neck to stand on end. “Is that the way you welcome all your guests?”

“You are not my brother, and you are not my guest.” Those black eyes seemed to look straight into the depths of my soul. They were like shark eyes, flat and unblinking. “So I ask again, what are you?”

“Think of me as a simple messenger,” he said, running a finger across the stiff white clerical collar.

“And what’s your message?”

He reached into his shirt and pulled on a chain, separating it from his neck. Throwing it to the ground, I saw that hanging from it was a cross, covered in blood.

“We are coming.”

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  1. The Abyss Gazes Into You

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oh my goodness, that was a heck of a message. Dark, disturbing and wonderful.

  2. The Abyss Gazes Into You

    Sailor Emo's Buddy Icon Sailor Emo

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!
    I WOULD SCREAM IF MY MOM WASN ’T SITTING IN HERE !Poor brad though, b/c I’m guessing that that was his cross, and that’s really sad&CA-REEEPPEEE!

  3. The Abyss Gazes Into You

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    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    That’s what I’m talkin’ about!!! The true sign of a story well told is when you feel like you’re not even reading a story at all…. Also, I urge you to not let up on the reader. Don’t be easy on them. If you feel the need to give them a break from the gore, that’s the signal to introduce a chainsaw, jackhammer, or worse….

  4. The Abyss Gazes Into You

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    Posted 12 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Gotta say you got me now. What happened to Fr Brad and who are they whhhoooooooo!
    the suspense, the spine tingling chiller theatre is back :)

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