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published in Diet Milk Magazine, “In The Bleak Midwinter” Gothic Advent Calendar

They had told Jade that accepting the dare would make her cool; that it would impress them, so she said yes, and that’s how she found herself—after dark on the Friday night that marked the official start of winter break—treading the dusty floorboards of the abandoned Slater house on the far side of town.

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