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The Stuff of Nightmares – Excerpt No. 10 - Evelyn Chartres
That yell was accompanied by three hard slaps. When the crying stopped, Julia’s mind checked out. The stage opened up in her mind, and a concert with memory-driven musicians silenced the world as violence escalated. By the end, Julia was rocking herself back and forth, humming along to a forgotten…