“STICK MAN” by Donte-highwater (Horror Fiction Short Story) #WeirdDarkness
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Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 28 July 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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IN THIS EPISODE: It’s #ThrillerThursday and this week I’m bringing you an original short story by Donte Highwater entitled, “Stick Man”.
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| 0:55.0 | Welcome, Weirdos. I'm Terran Marlar, and this is WeirdDarkness. Here you'll find stories of |
| 1:01.2 | the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, |
| 1:10.6 | mysterious, macabre, unsolved, and unexplained. Coming up in this episode, it's Thriller Thursday, |
| 1:19.2 | and this week I'm bringing you an original short story by Dante Highwater, |
| 1:24.0 | entitled Stickman. If you're new here, welcome to the show, and while you're listening, |
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| 1:33.3 | to enter contests, to connect with me on social media. Plus, you can visit the Hope in the Darkness |
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| 1:52.4 | and come with me into the Weird Darkness. |
| 2:14.8 | He snoring, he bumped his head, went to bed, couldn't get up in the morning. |
| 2:20.7 | Saying Osmond, in broken tongues, while gently swaying back and forth on his wooden stool in the |
| 2:26.2 | dank mudroom, picking the wings off of flies, then watching them scurry across the window ledge. |
| 2:32.7 | Periodically, staring at the overcast sky with a faraway expression, singing the song over and |
| 2:38.6 | over to himself. Martha placed her son Osmond in the little room, away from others, |
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