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Preface


My daughter had often watched me take pen to hand and plunge deep into worlds other than my own. Strong and compelling is the need to do this. I think she has come to realise that it's a nessecity for her to as well. I encourage her in this. So after long thought and consideration. I give you my daughters first plunge into a world she has created for herself. A world she see's and hopefully shows us.
Its still untitled but will soon name itself I think. Books are like that.
So for your consideration I present

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PICTURE THIS: A MAN OF AROUND THE AGE OF THIRTY TO THIRTY-FIVE. HE IS MISSING SEVERAL TEETH, THOSE THAT HE HAS ARE A VERY DARK BROWN AND CHIPPED. HIS UPPER LIP IS MISSING FROM A FIRE HIS FATHER HAD SET UPON HIS ROOM AS A CHILD.
MISSING HIS LEFT EYE HE SMELLS OF A CORPSE. HE IS WEARING BIBS WITH A HOLE IN THE KNEE AND ONE STRAP IS BROKEN. HE LIVES IN A SHABBY HOUSE WITH BROKEN WINDOWS ; SHUTTERS DANGLING. HE DWELLS IN A SMALL VILLAGE WITH FEW HOUSES AND ONLY ONE GROCERY STORE.
THIS CRAMPED VILLAGE IS CLOSED IN BY A BARBED WIRE FENCE; WIRE AS SHARP AS RAZORS. IF YOU WERE TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH IT, LIGHTLY ACROSS YOUR INDEX FINGER YOU WOULD FIND IT WOULD DRAW A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF BLOOD.
JASMINE IS A SHORT WOMAN, FIVE FEET SIX INCHES TALL. SHE SMELLS OF, AS YOU CAN GUESS..... JASMINE.
SHE WAS SPEAKING TO ONE OF HER FRIENDS OVER THE PHONE. SHE TOOK A SHORT PAUSE AND LOOKED AROUND HER ROOM. SHE WAS LYING ON HER UNKEPT BED WITH TWO PILLOWS IN THE MIDDLE HER BLANKET ON THE FLOOR. A POSTER HANGING ON THE WALL WITH CHAD KROGER ON IT. HER FLOOR HAD SMELLY SOCKS AND DIRTY CLOTHS STRUNG EVERYWHERE. HER DRESSER , TATTERED, AND WORN.
"SO ARE WE GOING OR NOT?" SHE ASKED EXCITEDLY. SHE WAS SPEAKING TO HER FRIEND VICKY. VICKY, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS SIX FEET TALL, EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, WITH GREEN EYES,BROWN HAIR WITH A SLIGHT TINT OF RED.
SHE WAS SITTING IN HER LIVING ROOM ON HER GREEN COUCH. WITH HER FEET PROPPED ON THE COFFEE TABLE.
" I GUESS SO, BUT BRYAN IS GOING TO THE SHOPPING CENTER TO GET A COUPLE TENTS, THEN WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY!" VICKY SAID A LITTLE ANNOYED. BRYAN AS YOU CAN GUESS IS VICKY'S BOYFRIEND. BRYAN HAS BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES, HIS FAMILY IS VERY WEALTHY, AND BRYAN LACKS FOR NOTHING
" OK, I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU" JASMINE REPLIED IN AN EXCITED TONE. " ALL RIGHT BUT WEAR SOME WARM CLOTHS ITS SUPPOSED TO GET CHILLY TONITE!" VICKY BASICALLY DEMANDED HER TO WEAR WARM CLOTHS. WITHOUT A GOOD-BYE JASMINE HUNG UP THE PHONE.
SHE GOT UP AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM, AND LOOKED IN THE MIRROR TO SEE IF SHE SHOULD CHANGE OR IF HER CLOTHS WERE NICE ENOUGH TO GO IN FRONT OF HER BOYFRIEND OR NOT. SHE WAS WEARING A RED T-SHIRT WITH A HEART ON IT, ALONG WITH A PAIR OF KACKY PANTS. AFTER SHE WENT TO HER ROOM AND GRABBED HER COAT SHE WENT TO HER LIVING ROOM AND SAT ON THE COUCH.
AFTER A HALF HOUR OR SO PASSED BY, SHE HEARD A CAR OUTSIDE HONKING. SHE RAN TO THE DOOR TO FIND VICKY AND BRYAN IN SITTING IN A BLACK CAMARO. BRYAN WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL SCREAMING " COME ON! "THE FASTER WE GET THERE THE FASTER WE'LL GET THE TENTS SET UP!" JASMINE STOOD THERE A FEW SECONDS THEN WENT TO THE CAR. SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT BEHIND BRYAN SHE ASKED HIM " ARE WE GOING TO GET MARK NOW OR WHAT?" " I GUESS WE ARE HE SAID HE WANTED TO GO TOO!"
THEY ALL RODE FOR A GOOD FIFTEEN MINUTES AND DROVE UP TO A NICE WHITE HOUSE.WHEN BRYAN STARTED HONKING AND SCREAMING "
"COME ON MAN! COME ON!" THERE HE WAS STANDING ON HIS PORCH JUST LOOKING AT THE CAR LIKE THE PERSON WHO WAS YELLING WAS CRAZY, OR SOMETHING. LIKE BRYAN, MARK HAD BLONDE HAIR, WITH HAZEL GREEN EYES.
WITH THE LAST SHOUT OF "COME ON MAN, COME ON" MARK WALKED OUT AND SAT BESIDE JASMINE.
"WHATS THE MATTER MAN? HAVING SECOND DOUBTS OR SOMETHING" MARK ASKED TRYING TO BE CUTE.
"NO!" HE SAID, "JUST TRYING TO SEE IF YOU PICKED UP JAZ OR NOT."
JASMINE SHOT MARK A DIRTY LOOK.
"I WISH YOU WOULD QUIT CALLING ME JAZ IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE A DOGS NAME" JASMINE SAID HOTLY. "BUT JAZ IS A COOL NAME. AND I PERSONALLY THINK IT KIND OF FITS YOU" HE REPLIED BOBBING HIS EYEBROWS UP AND DOWN. " OK, WHATEVER" SHE REPLIED A LITTLE ANNOYED.
" SO UH, BRYAN DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING OR ARE YOU JUST WANTING TO GET US LOST?" MARK ASKED TRYING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT.
" I THINK I DO, SOME KID DREW ME A MAP, SEE" BRYAN IN A QUICK LIKE MANNER THROUGH THE MAP TO MARK IN THE BACKSEAT
" SO THIS IS OUT OF STATE? I THOUGHT IT WAS HERE IN ILLINOIS" MARK SAID ANNOYED.
" NO MAN, ITS IN.......WHERE DOES THE MAP SAY? OH, IN POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI!" BRYAN REPLIED. " OH GOODY", JASMINE SHOT OUT "WHERES THAT, OUT NEAR LOS ANGELES SOMEWHERE?" VIVKI GIGGLED AND ROLLED HER EYES AT HER FIREND.
AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES JASMINE SIGHED, AND THEN BRYAN SIGHED. A FEW MORE MINUTES WENT BY AND VICKY AND MARK BOTH SIGHED. MINUTE BY MINUTE PASSED BY AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR A FEW YAWNS AND SIGHS EVERY NOW AND THEN. AFTER ALL OF THIS SILENCE, JASMINE WAS STARTING TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
WHEN SHE COULDN'T TAKE IT ANY LONGER SHE BLURTED OUT "I HAVE TO GO PEE, STOP SOMEWHERE!" "REST AREA THERES A SIGN" MARK SAID WITH A YAWN. " NO MAN I HAVE TO GET GAS, JASMINE YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, OK?" BRYAN TOLD HER. AFTER A FEW MORE MINUTES PASSES JASMINE SEES A GAS STATION, SO SHE SAYS EAGERLY " OOOH STOP, STOP A GAS STATION!" BASICALLY YELLING. "OK,OK CHILL OUT WE SEE IT, SO TAKE A CHILL PILL, HE'LL PULL OVER!" MARK TOLD HER GETTING ANNOYED.
BRYAN STOPPED AND THEY ALL WAITED A GOOD FIFTEEN MINUTES. WHEN HE SAW HER SHE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE GAS STATION WITH THREE PLASTIC BAGS FULL OF MUNCHIES, JUNKY FOODS, AND SODA. WHEN SHE GOT BACK IN THE CAR MARK ASKED HER " WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO BUY OUT THE STORE OR SOMETHING?" SHE LOOKED AT HIM WITH A GRIMACE AND SAID " FINE, I'LL JUST KEEP THIS ALL TO MYSELF!" "THATS OK" HE STARTED, "NO ITS ALRIGHT, I'M SORRY!" HE WAS GETTING HUNGRY AND COULD USE WITH A COLD DRINK. " MARK SHUT UP I'M GETTING HUNGRY. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?" BRYAN ASKED JASMINE. " I HAVE DORITOS, FRITOS, PRETZELS, COOKIES, GUM, A PEPSI, COKE, PIBB, AND MT.DEW" SHE SAID HAPPILY. SHE HANDED THE DORITOS, FRITOS, PEPSI, AND THE MT.DEW FORWARD, FOR BRYAN, AND VICKY. SHE KEPT THE OTHER THAT WAS LEFT FOR HER AND BRYAN.
AFTER SHE HAD EATEN HALF THE BAG OF COKIES AND A FEW PRETZELS AND DRANK SOME OF HER COKE SHE STARTED TO GET A LITTLE SLEEPY. HER EYES STARTED TO DROOP AND GET HEAVY. A MINUTE AT THE LEAST WENT BY WHEN SHE HEARD " DUN DUN, DUN DUN", GETTING FASTER AS IT WENT. WHEN SHE REALIZED IT WAS THE JAWS THEME SHE OPENED HER EYES. SHE SEEN MARK SITTING BESIDE HER SINGING IT, GETTING A LITTLE ANNOYED SHE SAID SLEEPILY, " MARK, YOU MORON LEAVE ME ALONE WILL YOU?IF YOU DON'T LEAVE ME BE I WILL WALK BACK HOME." HE LOOKED AT HER WITH A GRIN AND SAID " OH WILL YOU? WE ARE ALREADY A HOUR INTO THE TRIP AND YOU WANT TO WALK HOME, BE MY GUEST." " KNOCK IT OFF YOU TWO OR YOU'LL BOTH WALK," BRYAN TOLD THEM GETTING EQUALLY ANNOYED.
ANOTHER HOUR PASSED BY AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING. THEN THEY SAW IT A SIGN THAT READ "THE FREAK TOWN" THIRTY MILES TO THE WEST. "OOO, THE FREAK TOWN, I WONDER WHY THEY CALL IT THAT?" VICKY ASKED CURIOUSLY. " I THINK ITS WHAT HAPPENED THERE A LONG TIME AGO THAT GAVE IT ITS NAME!" JASMINE SAID WITH A FROWN. "WHAT HAPPENED?" ASKED VICKY. " WELL" JASMINE CONTINUED " MAYBE, JUST MAYBE ITS BECAUSE OF HIM!" "WHO'S HIM?" VICKY WAS GETTING A LITTLE SPOOKED. CONTINUEING LIKE SHE HADN'T BEEN INTURRUPTED " THEY SAY HE MURDERED ALL HIS TOWN FOLK, ONE BY ONE, THEY ALSO SAY THAT YOU CAN STILL HEAR THEM AT NIGHT!" "BUT WHY DID HE KILL THEM?" BRYAN ASKED GETTING INTO THE CONVERSATION. "NOBODY KNOWS!" SHE SAID WITH A GRIN.
LOOKING AROUND SHE COULD SEE THE EXPRESSIONS SHE WAS GETTING, THEY WERE REDICULOUS. MARK HAD HIS FACE MIXED UP, HIS MOUTH WAS DROOPED AND CROOKED, WITH ONE BROW UP AND THE OTHER DOWN, GAZING, JUST GAZING. BRYAN ALMOST RAN INTO A DITCH, AND VICKY SAT SPOOKED AND SPEECHLESS. JASMINE COULDN'T HELP HERSELF , SO THERE IT WENT SHE STARTED BUSTING OUT LAUGHING. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS BOUGHT THAT?" SHE CHOKED.
WHEN SHE FINALLY CALMED DOWN SHE LOOKED AROUND EVERYONE STAYED QUIET FOR A FEW SECONDS. VICKY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BREAK THE SILENCE "WELL, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO MAKE THAT UP JASMINE?" JASMINE LOOKED AT HER AND SAID "I MADE IT UP AS I WENT ALONG, PRETTY GOOD HUH?" "I GUESS SO" REPLIED BRYAN.
"HEY BRYAN?" VICKY ASKED, "WHAT BABE" HE REPLIED, "HOW DID YOU GET THAT BEER THAT IS IN THE TRUNK? I MEAN YOUR ONLY NINETEEN!" "WELL" HE REPLIED, "I USED A FAKE I.D., THE OWNER TOOK IT TOO, IT WAS SWEET!....UH JASMINE I HOPE YOUR LITTLE STORY ABOUT THAT TOWN WASN'T TRUE" "WHY?" SHE ASKED. " BECAUSE WE HAVE ARRIVED" HE REPLIED A LITTLE WEIRDLY.
IT WAS NINE O'CLOCK AND WAS A LITTLE DARK. THEY ALL LOOKED AROUND, IT WAS A SMALL TOWN ALL RIGHT. IT WAS DESSERTED, WITH A SMALL GROCERY STORE "SAVE A LOT" WAS WRITTEN ON THE SIGN. THERE WERE ABOUT TEN HOUSES AT THE LEAST. ALSO THERE WAS PAPER AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS SPREAD ALL OVER THE SREETS JUST BLOWING AROUND WITH THE WIND. TO TOP IT ALL OFF IT WAS SURROUNDED BY A BARBED WIRE FENCE, WITH RAZOR WIRE ON THE TOP. THEN OUT OF NOWHERE THEY HEARD A HOWL, THAY ALL LOOKED AROUND TO FIND A LITTLE COYOTE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET AWAY.
BRYAN FOUND A PLACE TO PARK BY A TREE ABOUT FIFITY FEET AWAY FROM THE FENCE. THEY ALL SAT THERE A FEW MINUTES STARING. STARING AT A STRANGE SHABBY HOUSE, THE SHUTTERS WERE DANGLING ALONG WITH THE DOOR OFF ITS HINGES AND BROKEN WINDOWS. "SPOOKY ISN'T IT?" MARK ASKED, HIS VOICE GETTING A LITTLE SHAKY. "YEAH WELL LETS GET OUT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND" BRYAN REPLIED, TRYING TO ACT BRAVE.
BRYAN WAS THE FIRST TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, HE WALKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT MAKING SURE THE CAR WAS VISIBLE WHILE HE DID SO. HE CAME BACK TO THE CAR AND TRYED TO ACT CUTE BY SAYING "I HAVE SECURED THE PERIMETER" MARK WAS THE NEXT TO GET OUT, NEXT IT WAS JASMINE, THEN AFTER A LITTLE THOUGHT VICKY GOT OUT. SHE LOOKED AROUND AND THOUGHT TO HER SELF 'WHOS IDEA WAS THIS ANYWAY'.
BRYAN AND MARK LOOKED AT EACH OTHER SECRETLY AND NODDED THEN OUT OF NOWHERE THEY GRABBED VICKY AND JASMINE BY THE WAISTS AND SHOOK THEM FURIOUSLY, SCARING THEM TO DEATH. VICKY LOOKED OVER TO JASMINE AND SAID " I THINK THEY SCARED THE PEE OUT OF ME! LET US GO OVER BEHIND THOSE BUSHES AND GO TO THE BATHROOM. WHILE THEY WERE WALKING TO THE BUSHES VICKY WHISPERD "LETS DO SOMETHING EVIL TO THEM, WELL NOT REAALY EVIL BUT LETS HAVE FUN AND SCARE THEM A LITTLE BIT!" JASMINE LOOKED AT HER WITH A GRIN AND SAID " OKAY WHAT SHOULD WE DO?"