Black Birds

Sometimes, the person you have to fear the most is yourself.

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Forced to bond because of their parents newly kindled friendship, five teens find themselves in Albion Forest. A place called by the town of Albion, 'Black Birds Forest' due to its early history. Late in the 60's when the town was first born, many citizens spent the first night camping out in the trees. By the next day a recorded ten deaths filled the books while swarms of midnight colored birds flew overhead, circling in heaps around the decaying remains. Now, almost fifty years later the name still holds strong, and no one ventures into the woods past nine. Except for them.

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Black bird, black bird, why do you cry?
The moon is out and the river is dry.
Black bird, black bird, why do you cry?
The kids are dead, and you know why.

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Kaylie Ann Rowe
Black Birds
2019