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Jacob's Journey [Short Story]
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He's here again. He's here to torture me and take me to that void of despair which I can't take much longer. Any second now and my mind's going to explode. I need to get away from this house, from this closet. I need...
"Jacob? Where are you my boy?" The bittersweet voice of my drunken father echoes throughout the house.
“Happy Birthday! How old are you now? Ten? Well, well, well I have a present for you! Come out so you can get it” Then I hear the sound of glass hit the floor.
Jacob has been in the presence of a nightmare. Every Day it haunts him. One day, he was whisked away to a land called Altronia.
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