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by Jennifer Kim
 * The Howl in the Woods **

The campfire glowed wistfully, as the old man began his epic tale. “It was not the age of the kings, nor the age of wizards. It was the reign of men; ones neither heroic nor magical. Magic was long forgotten/lost from the land, and no men feared black magic or the curse of the gods; they feared only each other. Then there was a young lad, a little more diligent than others his age, returning from a weary trip across the dusk-fallen woods. He had sold his black stallion to buy a month’s stock of food and his mother’s medicine. The young man thought, //oh boy, what is momma and I gonna do next month?// //Tap.// He turned and saw that nothing was behind him, and he continued his path under the dim, gray sky. //Tap//. He was wary, and although his senses had dulled, he did not miss the footsteps treading behind him at a steady, but close pace. For the last time, he turned and... Darkness swallowed him.”

“So what happened then? What happened to that guy?” A young man at the campfire pressed the old man with genuine curiosity. “Well... only he would know. Some say he was killed by a beast, others say he turned into a demon of the night. His mother had waited her boy for years after, until she passed away herself. In saying this, the aged man’s eyes swelled with tears. As the young men headed to their tents, the old man remained at the fading campfire and stared up at the luminous moon high above him. As the moonlight cast on his eyes, it glinted in an unnatural yellow.

The next morning, the young men came out of their tents and gathered where the old men was making soup. As they chattered cheerfully under the clear blue sky, one asked the others, “Hey, did you guys hear that piercing howl last night?” “Yeah, what was that,” another answered. The old man smirked to himself, revealing his silver razor fangs. Another tiring day was yet to come.




 * __Bibliography for Images:__**

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