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Northern Wind

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Northern Wind by Alex Kartelias “Don’t go in there, he’s sleeping” they whispered in unison. Looking both directions, they split into two separate groups, one walking left and the other right. They disappeared into the fog which enveloped their forms on both ends of the hall way. I turned behind and was about to walk out when the front door that brought me in slammed shut, it’s resounding echo filling the hall with a ghostly reverberation. It’s wooden and half eaten edifice starred me with it’s brooding presence. The tormentous wind howled through the mouths of the trees.                 Turning back to the door which those figures warned me about, I slowly approached it. Feeling the hidden presence of them upon me, I fearfully twitched my head at both ends of the hall way. Not a presence in sight. I felt the warmth of the room sliding through the cracks and resting my forehead against the wall, could see a dim glow.           Putting my hand on the knob, the sound of

Walking in The Forest

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          12/19/14 Walking in The Forest by Alex Kartelias Walking in the forest, I could hear the sound of chattering teeth and grunts, bouncing off of the tress. The moon peeked out of the edge of a long black cloud and the branches waved its forlorn hands in the wind, its fingers flickering like a candle flame. An owl who-ed behind me, causing me to jump forwards, landing on a tree stump the size of a boulder.           Laughter responded to my accident and I lifted my head up in freight and kept my entire body still, except for my eyes which searched the darkness around me. Small wings flew around me, but they must have been dragon flies. But then, I saw a million of them. They came soring around me, circumambulating me like the kabbaa. They formed a perfect circle around me and as more and more came in, the circle grew bigger and bigger. Their wings were gray with age but red with energy and force. Their beaks were the yellow of candle wax. Their eyes stemmed with penetrat