Strange: The Senior Young Writers Group Zine 2023

tears and matted fur making makeshift doorways to see the
mechanical mess that lies inside. Wires and other bits of
machinery are all working fine. Cogs turn and rusted metal all
make the skeleton of this thing. Trembling, you move your
flashlight further up to see what appears to be a head with fox
ears, a scratched-up eye patch and piercing yellow eyes
seemingly staring right… through… you…
Freaked out, you slowly back away. The thing suddenly
moves one of its arms, then the other, then moves both of its
legs. It stays still for a moment. Loud silence covers the air
eerily. It leaps at you, finally making its decision. A terrible
screeching sound erupts from it while it pins you to the ground.
Your vision blurs and a thick liquidy substance pours down
your face. The thing talks only to mutter two words in a raspy,
mechanical voice.
It's…
Me
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