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The Undead

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  Once upon a time in the 1880s, there was a king named Alvey. He was short-tempered and had numerous enemies. All the neighbouring countries were not on good terms with Alvey. Once a certain king threatened him and he was offended. After a lot of planning, he and his most important scientist made a deadly poison. They then dropped ten drops of that potion in the water tanks of the neighbouring countries. After a few days, the effect started appearing. Many people died and their graveyards were made separate for prevention of further spreading of the bizarre disease.  After a month or so the watchman of the graveyard witnessed something very peculiar, the graves were open and the coffins were empty and they neither had a skeleton nor a body. He immediately reported this to the king. The king didn't pay attention as he and his kingdom was going through troubled times. After two days the watchman was found brutally bitten and murdered. The public thought that it must’ve been any...

Shepherd's Pie

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My mother’s name was Allison Claire and she was famous for her Shepherd's Pie. She owned a renowned bakery. It was Christmas eve, the whole ‘Claire’ family got together. The ‘get together’ was at my mother’s house. We had a large wooden dining table on which a Shepherd's Pie, red wine, a large turkey and sweet rum balls were placed. We had a chandelier, which belonged to my great-grandmother.  It was hung in the dining room.  My father had died by suicide. He slit his wrists and died. My mother went into depression after his death. She even had a miscarriage. After two months she finally had the courage and opened a bakery to fulfil our money requirements. Our home was very far from the city.  One day I was coming back from a party and it was very late. A bald man came running towards me, dodged me and kept running. I found that bizarre. But I moved on. After two three days I heard a scratching sound on the main door. I was hesitant but I went to check. I opened the door ...