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Chapter 14

Claire pushed a rolling cart up and down the rows of cots in the High School Gym, handing out bottled water, snacks and green surplus army blankets. The Gym was illuminated by a mix of emergency lights, camping lanterns and flashlights.

“Claire?”

Claire turned. One of the aid workers, an older woman with a straight shoulder length grey hair and a fading yellow t-shirt was sitting behind a folding table filled with a stack of fold. . .

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    Chapter 14

    Claire pushed a rolling cart up and down the rows of cots in the High School Gym, handing out bottled water, snacks and green surplus army blankets. The Gym was illuminated by a mix of emergency lights, camping lanterns and flashlights.

    “Claire?”

    Claire turned. One of the aid workers, an older woman with a straight shoulder length grey hair and a fading yellow t-shirt was sitting behind a folding table filled with a stack of fold. . .

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      Chapter 6

      Jed Tucker stood behind the glass counter of the firearm section of K&S Farm and Home. Jed was about five ten, well built and had a neat trimmed beard and wore jeans and a tan polo shirt with a K&S name tag. Jed had two semi-automatic rifles out on the glass counter. The customer he was talking to was a large middle-aged man with glasses and a frayed Seattle Seahawks cap, who was thinking and rubbing his chin, looking intently at the weapons.

      . . .

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        Chapter 6

        Jed Tucker stood behind the glass counter of the firearm section of K&S Farm and Home. Jed was about five ten, well built and had a neat trimmed beard and wore jeans and a tan polo shirt with a K&S name tag. Jed had two semi-automatic rifles out on the glass counter. The customer he was talking to was a large middle-aged man with glasses and a frayed Seattle Seahawks cap, who was thinking and rubbing his chin, looking intently at the weapons.

        . . .

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          Slashquatch

          Chapter 1

                  

          The armored black truck, slid along the hilly curved roads of rural Washington State. In the overcast and foggy night were the the headlight beams glowed in the overcast and foggy night, illuminating the black top and the endless tall trees of the thick forest.

                  The armed private contractors faces, illuminated by the red dash lights were sunken and weary. Their generic dark blue uniforms covered in offici. . .

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            Slashquatch

            Chapter 1

                    

            The armored black truck, slid along the hilly curved roads of rural Washington State. In the overcast and foggy night were the the headlight beams glowed in the overcast and foggy night, illuminating the black top and the endless tall trees of the thick forest.

                    The armed private contractors faces, illuminated by the red dash lights were sunken and weary. Their generic dark blue uniforms covered in offici. . .

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              Eight creature shorts. Stories are scary, pulpy, visceral, with a splattering of humor. Movies with a comparable style are Slither, Tremors and The Thing. Three or four of the stories could easily be turned into screenplays.