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Thank you. Welcome to Tales to Terrify. To Terrify. Good evening, children of the night.

I am Stephen Kilpatrick, again filling in for Mr. Santaro,

keeping these stories coming and making sure that Mahler, the ink-black cat of the nook is fed and happy,

at least as happy as a cat can be. Come on in, get settled, find something cool to drink,

and a comfortable place to settle for a while. This evening will have a longer piece weighing in

at a shade over 45 minutes and will be bookended by a poem, on either side, of course.

Our poems tonight were written by A.J. Huffman, who was a poet and freelance writer

in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has previously published six collections of poetry all available

on Amazon.com. She has also published her work in numerous national and international literary

journals. Most recently, she has accepted the position as editor for four online

poetry journals for kind of a hurricane press. Find more about A.J. Huffman, including additional

information and links to her work at her Facebook and Twitter pages. Of course, links will be in

the show notes. And here is the first poem, Blended Hearts.

He was sleeping peacefully when I entered the room, and standing over him, I could almost

see his heart pounding just beneath his skin.

I watched it for a moment or two.

Then I cut it out and carried it back to the kitchen.

I placed it on top of my own in the mixer and counted.

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