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#Spooktober2020 Day 14: Grave

"You know why they always have a fence around the graveyard?" my grandpa asked me. A brittle October afternoon flashed past outside the truck windows. "Why?" I asked. "Because people are just dying to get in!" Neither of us laughed. As we passed the cemetery, we surveyed all the corpses pressed against the wrought-iron fence, … Continue reading #Spooktober2020 Day 14: Grave →

S.G. Baker Stories Leave a comment October 14, 2020January 8, 2022 1 Minute

S.G. Baker is a writer and editor who penned the Hopeful Wanderer web series, forthcoming as a novel-in-stories. She has authored climate fiction, fantasy, and horror shorts in Beneath the Bluebonnets, Writing the Mother Road, Freelancer, The Legacy, Little Blue Marble, and Road Kill Vol. 2. Find out more at summergbaker.com!

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