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Chapter 2: Feeding Time

Chapter 2: Feeding Time

By the time he reached the feed barn it was a little after six in the morning. He put the wheelbarrow under the shoot and pulled the chain releasing a deafening stream of pellets that fell in a dust cloud which smelled of molasses and grass.
By Cursing Mantis Apr 13, 2022
Chapter 1: The Dead Land

Chapter 1: The Dead Land

He sat staring into the coffee watching small vines of oil with pale gray leaves of steam swirl into existence within the stained porcelain wall of the cup before blowing off the surface in gossamer threads that disappeared in the air.
By Cursing Mantis Apr 12, 2022

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