The Loveliest Dead (2006)
“Wednesday, 10:01 A.M.
The teddy bear emerges from the darkness before her. One eye missing, stuffing leaking from holes, filthy and old. The music-box rendition of Brabmss “Lullaby” plays from the stuffed bear, slightly off key, dragging a bit.
“Get over here and be a good puppy,” a gravelly voice whispers, filling her with dread. The last two words, “good puppy,” echo repeatedly as the teddy bear’s head blurs. It is replaced by the head of the brown-haired boy she ‘d seen screaming in an ear...lier vision. Names and words fly at her— Giles styles wiles piles Niles Niles Niles Miles Miles Miles!
—until the correct one lodges in her mind. She feels great fear for Miles, and something else—something that makes her feel as if she’s dying inside. Death feelings. They weigh her down, press on her chest and temples.
Then Miles’s face is gone and it’s just a teddy bear’s head again.
The music winds down to a stop as a large, beefy fist clutching the black handle of a broad-bladed knife swings into view.MoreLess
The teddy bear emerges from the darkness before her. One eye missing, stuffing leaking from holes, filthy and old. The music-box rendition of Brabmss “Lullaby” plays from the stuffed bear, slightly off key, dragging a bit.
“Get over here and be a good puppy,” a gravelly voice whispers, filling her with dread. The last two words, “good puppy,” echo repeatedly as the teddy bear’s head blurs. It is replaced by the head of the brown-haired boy she ‘d seen screaming in an ear...lier vision. Names and words fly at her— Giles styles wiles piles Niles Niles Niles Miles Miles Miles!
—until the correct one lodges in her mind. She feels great fear for Miles, and something else—something that makes her feel as if she’s dying inside. Death feelings. They weigh her down, press on her chest and temples.
Then Miles’s face is gone and it’s just a teddy bear’s head again.
The music winds down to a stop as a large, beefy fist clutching the black handle of a broad-bladed knife swings into view.MoreLess
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