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The Haunted Traveler Vol 1 Issue 2

Kick in Halloween with the latest issue of The Haunted Traveler. We opened up and looked for the strangest and the most horrific tales from this universe, bringing them here in a single collection for the readers to get a little twisted. The Haunted Traveler is a horror and science fiction literary anthology that releases twice a year. Published through Weasel Press, the anthology seeks to roam around with the stories you'll never forget. Those dark little tales that are sort of etched in everyone. We love the dark and twisted and we really want to be scared. Check out our website to see when we're open next. The Haunted Traveler is a non-profit, Horror and Science Fiction anthology that accepts a wide variety of art media such as photography, short fiction, creative non-fiction, digital artwork and more.

Kick in Halloween with the latest issue of The Haunted Traveler. We opened up and looked for the strangest and the most horrific tales from this universe, bringing them here in a single collection for the readers to get a little twisted. The Haunted Traveler is a horror and science fiction literary anthology that releases twice a year. Published through Weasel Press, the anthology seeks to roam around with the stories you'll never forget. Those dark little tales that are sort of etched in everyone. We love the dark and twisted and we really want to be scared. Check out our website to see when we're open next. The Haunted Traveler is a non-profit, Horror and Science Fiction anthology that accepts a wide variety of art media such as photography, short fiction, creative non-fiction, digital artwork and more.

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his words of affection did not mean anything to her.<br />

“Love, in our language, has lost most of its meaning,“<br />

she explained. “<strong>The</strong> brutal warfare has changed the<br />

meanings of so many words..”<br />

Her blood was red, much different from his<br />

greenish-blue life-sustaining fluid. He was with her<br />

when she was wounded, but they escaped, he recalls<br />

that. When he first saw her bleed he was startled,<br />

frightened, but told her he did not love her any less.<br />

He cut the skin of his long arm like appendage to<br />

show her his blood, to somehow convey that he loved<br />

her. “We will discuss your emotions after we have<br />

succeeded in ending your planet’s despoiling of our<br />

planet.. Perhaps you will be able to visit my planet,<br />

after yours has been subdued, its aggression stopped.”<br />

He deflects his eyes from the EXIT sign and<br />

sees innumerable others, unmoving and encased in<br />

separate compartments. <strong>The</strong>n he recalls leaving his<br />

planet, banished for life for supporting the alien incursions<br />

of 2087, those whose blood was red. <strong>The</strong> magical<br />

red blood, he thinks, and attempts to free himself<br />

from his restraints.<br />

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