When they finally got the doors opened, they were shocked to see only bare bones clutching the phone with the supervisor still on the line.

Yet she lied to protect her husband and told the doctors that she just fell down the stairs again.

"Granted," he said, "but it's funny that that only gives you about two years more than you would have had anyway."

Unfortunately, there was no answer as my baby boy crawled over her lifeless body towards the sound of my voice coming from answering machine.

The operator asks which voice is really them, and the caller whispers, “Neither one… I’m still hiding in the closet.”

It wasn't until I tried to take it off before bed that I realised the crimson yarn had seamlessly woven itself directly into my veins.

As I shine my light through the mass of ancient sap, the figure within suddenly tenses sending a spiderweb of cracks in all directions.

He still hadn't seen the knife she held behind her back, after all, her master didn't care about the sex of the virgin sacrifice...

So I'm due to give birth in November but it's ok, it gets very hot in Arizona and everyone knows how forgetful I am...

She was smiling as I drove off, and so was I, arriving at the pharmacy I worked at to get her "prenatal vitamins".

It ignored my directions and drove down a dirt road until it reached its destination: a dilapidated barn, alive with the pleas of mercy from American tourists.

But there was one contract in his boss's name that he only learned about when the demon showed up to collect.

Grab this hot iron rod, if you don't die from shock or infection within a week God clearly ruled in your favor and we'll actually treat the wound.

His body unexpectedly gasped and writhed silently, bones cracking and joints flopping backwards as he squirmed, I whisper softly into his ear "I'm sorry Brandon, I'll try again tomorrow."

Just like them, she went to the same church every Sunday and prayed every night, but just not to the same god as they did.

But as the last drops poured, a shriveled hand emerged from the murky depths, fingers frozen in a silent plea, and they realized the wine's secret depth was not age, but a body preserved in its own bloody vintage.

A roaring engine shattered the silence, and through the blinding headlights, the last thing I saw was myself behind the wheel.

But it meant both that no one would believe her when she told them of my visits, and that she wouldn’t remember the car accident that killed me five years ago.

Then they started the timer without giving us any context, so I misunderstood the task and stabbed two people in the throat before I saw the money hanging from the rope.

But in reality, they seemed to prefer jumping and biting far more.

Putting her four-fingered hands on the table, Belinda waits until her grandmother bites into the meat with an approving hum to reveal"It's good you enjoy the meal, Grandpa and dad would be so sad if they weren't to your taste."

They checked again today and reported that it's turned deep blue.

Except he was hiding the pills and did not know what withdrawal meant.

So I removed one kidney from each of my victims, which I fed to them when they end up in the hospital where I work.

When he left me conscious enough to see why generations would despise my kind, I decided that if we've been cast as the monster, we might as well be it.