The Dead's Dawn
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Last published Sat, Oct 5, 2019
Jynx was walking down the aisles of her local hardware store, Bunnings, with her dad. It was a Saturday afternoon in the middle of an Australian Summer. Everything seemed normal. Her dad told her to find a wheelbarrow to carry fire wood while he'd find an axe. Jynx heard screams pierce the usually calm shoppers, her first instinct, find her dad...
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