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Ba-var-ius
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hid-eous
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mos-qui-toes
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may-be
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}
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\renewcommand\listfigurename{Illustrations}
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\hbox{}
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\vfill
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This is a pre-release copy of {\em Horrors 2}, a freely redistributable
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ebook. This copy is made available for proofreading; a final copy will
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be published for anyone to download, along with instructions on how to
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print it and bind it into a real hardcover or paperback book. For the
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latest, check the thread on the Something Awful Forums at
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\url{http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3167703}.
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\vfill
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The authors would probably like to dedicate this book to the authors. I
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am instead dedicating this book to anyone who has ever vomited tears
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and/or blood. Stay strong, pukers.
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Now, thanks to the internet, Ben's masterwork has received a second
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wind. In fact, many people were inspired by Ben's work. This
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compilation is the result of that inspiration. With Ben's permission,
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we’ve included a few of his most terrifying tales. What follows are a
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we've included a few of his most terrifying tales. What follows are a
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series of stories that aim to establish the same unique brand of horror
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as the master of terror himself. These stories emulate, derive, or pay
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homage to the classic Biddickian stories from Horrors. Many use Ben's
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\include{stories/and_Into.The_Truly_}
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\include{stories/JuicedSixFo.Haunted_Alley}
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\include{stories/Baron_von_Eevl.The_Horrid}
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\include{stories/A_Child_s_Letter.The_Mirror}
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He thought he could faintly make out the sounds of a children's
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program, probably coming from a television. The giggling subsided,
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replaced with whispered commands. Something ponderous within the
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apartment dragged---or was dragged---across the
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apartment dragged --- or was dragged --- across the
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floor.
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Bavarious was about to knock again when, suddenly, the door opened,
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and a little girl---no more than six or seven, answered.
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and a little girl --- no more than six or seven, answered.
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``I don't h---I mean, no, officer, they're not. My mama died
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when I was little, and my daddy, he's{\ldots}um{\ldots}he's---''
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``I don't h --- I mean, no, officer, they're not. My mama died when I
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was little, and my daddy, he's{\ldots}um{\ldots}he's ---''
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``---he's out buying more beer.'' She suppressed a laugh.
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``--- he's out buying more beer.'' She suppressed a laugh.
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``Officer, it's past my bedtime. I need to---you need to
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``Officer, it's past my bedtime. I need to --- you need to
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leave.''
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``Mi---''
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``Mi ---''
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authority in her voice. An authority that hadn't been there moments
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ago. He glanced at her again and thought for a moment her eyes were
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glowing, yellow, bending his will to hers. He shook his head and
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looked back into the apartment---anything to get away from that
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looked back into the apartment --- anything to get away from that
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jaundiced gaze! That's when he noticed what appeared to be a
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rust-colored trail leading from an overturned Igloo cooler toward
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another room in the apartment.
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{\em Good night, Officer Bavarious.} projected the little
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gi---
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gi ---
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{\em Her name is Kaitilin. How do I know that? How d---}
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{\em Her name is Kaitilin. How do I know that? How d ---}
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{\em I---yes, good night, Kaitilin. I'll{\ldots}be{\ldots}going{\ldots}now.
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If{\ldots}if that's all right{\ldots}}
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{\em I --- yes, good night, Kaitilin. I'll{\ldots} be{\ldots}
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going{\ldots} now.
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If{\ldots} if that's all right{\ldots}}
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Luke Bavarious awoke outside of an apartment building somewhere
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near Forty-second Street and Dyer Avenue, sprawled across the hood
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near Forty-second Street and Dyer Avenue, spra\-wl\-ed across the hood
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of his car. The sun had just begun to rise above the tangled mass
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of skyscrapers all around him. His mouth tasted like vinegar, and
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he smelled like a slaughterhouse.
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living room. He could also hear the sound of another Coors popping
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open. His father's alcoholism had become publicly known sense
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his mother had left. Luke Bavarious thought his father was probably
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about halfway through his Coors consumption. The Coors consumption
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about halfway through his Coors consumption. The consumption
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varied based on how poorly the Mets were playing, and right now
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they were on a hell of a skid. Luke Bavarious got a not-unwelcome
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rush from thinking the word ``hell.'' Hell, hell, hell,
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Feebly, Luke Bavarious reached into his mouth and pushed on his
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molar. He winced as it shifted unpleasantly in its socket. Pain
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shot down his jaw and Bavarious clenched the edge of the sink. The
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dried blood caked onto his hand cracked and fell into the sink in
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dried blood caked onto his hand cra\-cked and fell into the sink in
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large flat scabs. Bavarious raised his head and turned on the
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water, hot all the way. Steam rose from the large sink. Bavarious
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was in the basement of his office building. The door he had just
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one half covered with a powdery orange substance that's supposed to
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be cheese and the rest a solid brick of caramel and popcorn that
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requires an ice pick to break apart. The popcorn itself was not my
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problem but rather the scrawny kid who brought it. Timmy was his
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problem but rather the scr\-awny kid who brought it. Timmy was his
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name, or was it Tommy? It doesn't matter. All that mattered were my
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Captain's words to me in his office that morning.
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encircled my raw face. Blazed like the fury for which she was aptly
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named.
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``How dare you leave me in Mexico,'' she sneered. I sneered back at
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``How dare you leave me in Mexico,'' she sneered. I snee\-red back at
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her sneer.
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``How dare you shack up with that drug lord,'' I returned with equal
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to go. His revolver sat snuggly in his jean pockets. He wasn't
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afraid to use it if he was heard.
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Luke's sneakers sunk into the moist soil, as he crept through the
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Luke's white sneakers sunk into the moist soil, as he crept through the
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corn field. He knew something was up. The full moon shined brightly
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into the center of the corn field. In the center of the field stood
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a mounted scarecrow. Its eyes beamed like an illuminating light,
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away. I woke up on time, I had a bowl of cereal and a glass of
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orange juice, and I made it to school without being rushed.
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It's 11:32. Class is continuing as normal, and Mrs. Trencher
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It's 11:32. Class is continuing as normal, and Mrs. Tren\-cher
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didn't notice me sleeping. Then again, she is the type of
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professor that continues on with her lesson with, or without, your
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participation. If you miss the material, it is your own fault. I
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