Chapterized part 1

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@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ his Baretta (all New York detectives have one.).
 
 
 Bavarious turned around and looked at his boss. ``I'm quite sorry,''
-Bavarious said. Johnny said 'you'd b-better b-be`` and belched out
+Bavarious said. Johnny said ``you'd b-better b-be'' and belched out
 one last spray of blood stained vomit. Bavarious turned and walked
 out the doors, pushing the doors aside to get through.
 
@@ -450,10 +450,10 @@ there 50 years ago. He saw it in his mind{\ldots}
 
 
 
-''Hi, Daddy`` said the kid. The kid smiled. Kids are so wonderful and
+``Hi, Daddy'' said the kid. The kid smiled. Kids are so wonderful and
 carefree in this terrible world.
 
-''Hi there kiddo`` said the dad. The dad looked to be about 35 and
+``Hi there kiddo'' said the dad. The dad looked to be about 35 and
 had a beer gut.
 
 The dad turned around and walked out of the house, pushing the
@@ -500,12 +500,12 @@ Coors man was two feet away from him{\ldots}
 
 
 
-''Luke Bavarious, why did you hate me?``
+``Luke Bavarious, why did you hate me?''
 
-''Who, who are you?``
+``Who, who are you?''
 
-''I am an artist. I am the man who killed your father in a
+``I am an artist. I am the man who killed your father in a
-semi."
+semi.''
 
 He screamed. 
  
@@ -513,18 +513,12 @@ He screamed.
 
 
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+\chapter{The Horrid Refraction}
 \by{The Iron Fury}
 
 
-This entry picks up immediately after The Horrid Reflection ends
+{\em This entry picks up immediately after {\rm The Horrid Reflection}
-and I fully intend to keep it going into a Luke Bavarious
+ends.}
-mini-series. If anyone likes it, I will post more. If not, I will
-accept all the ridicule humbly.
-
-
-
-The Horrid Refraction:
-
 
 
 Suddenly, I was sobbing. Once the tears ceased leaping from my
@@ -575,25 +569,15 @@ to two glasses and a bottle of whiskey.
 ``So what d'ya need from me, Sugar?'' I smarmed, holding out the
 stiff libation. It dropped to the floor, shattering at my feet.
 There was no one in the room.
-
-
-
-Edit, whoops, I thought it said ``Entries must be NO more than 500
-words.'' So, can I add more? Or am I now disqualified? 
-
  
 
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Earache}
 \by{bagrada}
 
 
- {\bf The Earache}
-
-(edited from previous post to meet the theme)
-
-
 
 The night was dark and muggy, the heat weighing down on me like a
 heavy winter jacket in the spring. The ringing in my dull aching
@@ -692,15 +676,10 @@ sis. I'll get you home.''
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Scarecrow}
 \by{Unununium}
 
 
-This is revised from the other thread
-
-
-
-The Scarecrow
-
 Luke parked his car at the side of the road. He walked over to the
 massive corn field and squinted. Somewhere out there was his big
 break. If the legend held true, he knew he'd have it set. Trying to
@@ -752,13 +731,10 @@ take its place.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Snake Lady}
 \by{THE WORST DOCTOR}
 
 
-{\bf The Snake Lady}
-
-
-
 There was a kid who came up to me one evening after I had left my
 precinct, sniffling and tugging on the left leg of my pants. He had
 snot all over his face and I was pretty disgusted. But my job is to
@@ -881,11 +857,11 @@ I'm Luke Bavarious, detective extraordinaire.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter[Dames, they're all the Same]{Dames, they're all the Same - a
+Luke Bavarious detective story inspired by the works of Ben Biddick.}
 \by{Tufty}
 
 
-{\bf Dames, they're all the Same - a Luke Bavarious detective story
-inspired by the works of Ben Biddick.}
 
 
 
@@ -956,12 +932,10 @@ jaw, and the world turns black{\ldots}
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Girl}
 \by{leb388}
 
 
-{\bf The Girl}
-
-
 
 The night was cool and dark, unusual for summer. But then again, it
 was a night for unusual things. Slashes of rain whipped at my face
@@ -1062,25 +1036,10 @@ Suddenly, the girl was sobbing. And I felt like an asshole.
 
 
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+\chapter{The Runaway}
 \by{scarycactusjunior}
 
 
-Okay, I'm game.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-The Runaway.
-
-
-
 
 
 
@@ -1180,13 +1139,10 @@ over and over.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{Luke From Payroll}
 \by{mboger}
 
 
-{\bf Luke From Payroll}
-
-
-
 I sat down at my desk. The sound had come again. It was my phone
 ringing. My hand shook slightly with the heavy receiver in my hand.
 The sleek receiver was transmitting and receiving, ready to take
@@ -1351,21 +1307,11 @@ to.
 
 
 
-Edit: Shit! I wrote this earlier before the whole ``kids need to be
-respected'' rule. Sorry, AYB! 
- 
-
-
-
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{Thursday}
 \by{Smokey}
 
-
+\section*{Chapter 1}
-{\bf Thursday}
-
-
-
-{\bf Chapter 1}
 
 Luke Bavarious sat on the sidelines feeling completely helpless as
 he watched his team lose yet another game to their cross town
@@ -1419,7 +1365,7 @@ name anyhow mister?'' asked Luke.
 
 
 
-{\bf Chapter 2}
+\section*{Chapter 2}
 
 The next morning, AC picked Luke up in his light blue 2003 Dodge
 Caravan. They whistled the theme song to ``The Adams
@@ -1468,8 +1414,7 @@ neighborhood.
 
 
 
-e: kids need to be respected too! (Didn't see that part,
+Kids need to be respected too!
-sorry!)
 
 {\bf The End} 
  
@@ -1477,14 +1422,11 @@ sorry!)
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter[L.B.; V.H.E.]{L.B.; V.H.E. (the extended directors cut,
+with deleted scenes}
 \by{Barometer}
 
 
-My contribution; L.B;V.H.E. (the extended directors cut, with
-deleted scenes)
-
-
-
 Luke sat in the dimly lighted corner of an underused and
 over-bright bar.
 
@@ -1656,10 +1598,10 @@ down the stairs, anticipation bubbling forth like boiling coffee.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Painter}
 \by{Hamelin}
 
 
-{\bf The Painter}
 
 
 
@@ -1742,16 +1684,10 @@ where he was. They only found his paintings in his house.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{What Went Wrong}
 \by{gigz}
 
 
-I'm game, what up?
-
-
-
-{\bf What Went Wrong}
-
-
 
 There is blood everywhere. My clothes are drenched with it, my
 hands slippery. I look down at the dead body of Mrs. Trencher, her
@@ -1888,10 +1824,10 @@ I am O.K.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Ninjas}
 \by{KryonikMessiah}
 
 
-The Ninjas
 
 
 
@@ -1901,7 +1837,7 @@ smoke emitting from it's fetid chimney. A rusted out car
 there, looking as if it had been sitting there for a good decade or
 five. And all around was the constant buzz of midday traffic.
 Bavarious, however, had other plans on his mind, as he walked into
-a building. The building was tall{\ldots}{\ldots}.too tall.
+a building. The building was tall{\ldots}.too tall.
 
 
 
@@ -1966,11 +1902,10 @@ The End.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The School}
 \by{IShallRiseAgain}
 
 
-{\bf The School}
-
 John Jones was your average every-day student at Livingston Middle
 School. He was also very late. He hurried into his classroom for
 the gifted students of which he was the smartest and coolest. He
@@ -2007,12 +1942,12 @@ schools!''.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Smile}
 \by{Paracetamol Boy}
 
 
-{\bf The Smile}
 
-Narrated by Luke Bavarius
+{\em Narrated by Luke Bavarius}
 
 
 
@@ -2116,10 +2051,10 @@ I wept bitterly.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Dock}
 \by{ack!}
 
 
-{\bf The Dock}
 
 This lake seemed ordinary enough. The drive to this lake seemed
 also ordinary enough, though the road was windy and tedious. The
@@ -2228,10 +2163,10 @@ for you.''
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Mansion of Horror}
 \by{rinski}
 
 
-{\bf The Mansion of Horror}
 
 
 
@@ -2403,10 +2338,10 @@ smirked. Then he disappeared.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter[What Lurks Behind Our Eyes]{What Lurks Behind Our Eyes\\The Horrid Reflection Revisited}
 \by{Syphilicious!}
 
 
-WHAT LURKS BEHIND OUR EYES/THE HORRID REFLECTION REVISITED
 
 
 
@@ -2850,10 +2785,10 @@ my eyelids, and then he slides them shut.
 
 
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+\chapter{Nebulous Cupboard}
 \by{Rummanging}
 
 
-{\bf Nebulous Cupboard}
 
 
 
@@ -2976,10 +2911,10 @@ the heavens, and the skies opened.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Unexpected Shocking Surprise}
 \by{antiloquax}
 
 
-{\bf The Unexpected Shocking Surprise}
 
 
 
@@ -3139,13 +3074,10 @@ had really killed his father.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Beginning}
 \by{benitocereno}
 
 
-{\bf THE BEGINNING} (V2, revised for contest rules!)
-
-
-
 Minutes later, to the sound of gunshots, Rogue Davix awoke from his
 horrible dream. The lumps, all of the lumps, were nothing more than
 a satanic vision. The dreams were always the same. Aliens,
@@ -3301,17 +3233,10 @@ They had a lot of zombies to kill, it was time to get to work.
 
 
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+\chapter{Yellow Eyes}
 \by{A Child's Letter}
 
 
-Crap! My previous story had nothing to do with children! So here's
-this other one instead:
-
-
-
-{\bf Yellow Eyes}
-
-
 
 ``I'm not lying, Daddy!'' whimpered Kaitilin Axelplax, a six-year old
 girl with an admittedly active imagination. ``I promise
@@ -3582,10 +3507,10 @@ moment he saw two points of yellow light blink, then vanish.
 
 
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+\chapter{The Last Night of Luke Bavarious}
 \by{Decatur Fist}
 
 
-The Last Night of Luke Bavarious
 
 
 
@@ -3698,12 +3623,10 @@ They took him with a great brutality.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{Mac}
 \by{Brolita}
 
 
-{\bf Mac}
-
-
 
 This morning, I woke up to find myself dead.
 
@@ -3807,10 +3730,10 @@ I don't even hear him laughing as I pull the trigger.
 
 
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+\chapter{The Horrid in the Arcade}
 \by{nmg}
 
 
-{\bf The Horrid in the Arcade}
 
 Bavarius woke with a startle. He had a hangover from the 3 Coors
 beers he drank last night to help him relax and his head was
@@ -3888,16 +3811,10 @@ can then walked back and filled up his car with gas.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{Invisible Monsters}
 \by{Ghost Hat}
 
 
-EDIT: Shit, I didn't see the note on using Luke Bavarious. Gonna
-write another one.
-
-
-
-{\bf Invisible Monsters}
-
 
 
 Nobody could see! Nobody could see! It was a nightmare. Abby ran
@@ -4051,27 +3968,10 @@ blood from her throat would be warmer.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{Bavarious Reasons}
 \by{SummerGlaucoma}
 
 
-{\em my entry}:
-
-
-
-[AUTHOR'S NOTE: It will rapidly become clear that I do not know
-anything about the Army, except that the food is bad and the
-soldiers are awesome and protect my worthless ass and my right to
-write goony stuff like the forgoing.]
-
-
-
-
-
-{\bf {\em BAVARIOUS REASONS}}
-
-
-
-
 
 
 
@@ -4284,10 +4184,10 @@ Suddenly, I was sobbing.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter[Dream Hyena]{Dream Hyena: A Bavarius Tale}
 \by{LesterGroans}
 
 
-{\bf Dream Hyena: A Bavarius Tale}
 
 
 
@@ -4426,14 +4326,10 @@ This was a helluva thing.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter[The One Act Remaining]{The One Act Remaining To Me In This World}
 \by{murdered by owls}
 
 
-Think turgid Ben Biddick fan fiction written by Franz Kafka.
-
-
-
-{\bf The One Act Remaining To Me In This World}
 
 
 
@@ -4646,6 +4542,7 @@ Then I can finally die.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{Untitled}
 \by{fishguzzler}
 
 
@@ -4760,13 +4657,10 @@ mother is dead too. First him, now her. First him, now her.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{In the Mirror}
 \by{TheElectronicOne}
 
 
-{\bf {\em In the Mirror}}
-
-
-
 Out of the darkness came Rothard Mavalero. Grunting and thumping,
 he was the city undertaker. It was not a job many would like but he
 had kept it for fifty years. Some people thought that was unnatural
@@ -4837,10 +4731,10 @@ strangled him alive.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Horrid Lighter}
 \by{WhereTheFishLives}
 
 
-{\bf The Horrid Lighter}
 
 
 
@@ -4944,12 +4838,10 @@ instantly {\em insane}.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Playground}
 \by{on time for once}
 
 
-{\bf The Playground}
-
-
 
 When I awoke I was tied up in a dark basement and the little boy
 was standing over me. The first time I saw him I had laughed at him
@@ -5062,16 +4954,10 @@ clean from now on.
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\chapter{The Exploding Curse}
 \by{overnightmike}
 
 
-May I humbly submit a gritty work of horror:
-
-
-
-The Exploding Curse
-
-
 
 A dark night filled with trial and unrestiness was ahead. The bar
 tender said unimportant things which I heard. A vague feeling was
@@ -5197,10 +5083,6 @@ The End?
 
 
 
-
-
-Ben Biddick you are a worthy fellow, thanks for this contest. 
-