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Thank you. From the blackest corners of your mind, they call, pulling you deep into shadow, twisting your senses, keeping you from sleep.

It's time to face your darkest fears.

This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and welcome to another flashback.

This week, the tale we have for you is a Stoker nominee that we aired back on May 9th, 2014,

a tale from current Horror Writers Association president, John Palisano.

It's a love story, of sorts, one I hope you'll enjoy.

Without further ado, Children of the Night, listen with me to John Palisano's Stoker-nominated, The Geminize, first aired on episode 122, May 9th, 2014. I know love. It whispers in my ear at night. In a dream she steals a kiss. Her voice on my phone.

I feel her against me, if only in my thoughts. Her arms and body wrap around me, her belly on

mine. Her mouth hangs slightly open. Her face twisted in pleasure. Her lips move slightly askew.

I have not felt this way in ages, thought my heart cold and cynical and forever gone.

Why is it the unexpected ones? When I see her, I feel light. When I leave, I am hollow when my heart feels drawn back. My blood curves inside,

going left, then right, like the snake-shaped roads leading to her house. This is good enough.

To know I can feel again, to know my heart can stretch, to know I've finally healed. It's

plentitude. But, wow, did it take time? Of course, I'm deeply involved with another,

as is she. And so what? A gentle word, a small touch gives me enough. Our love will not be ruined

through familiarity. Our love remains true and unbroken. Love has awoke. Life will follow.

I know her, and she knows me.

She has luscious, dark, and wavy hair, a soft face, similar to mine.

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