As I feared, I was stiffer than a two-by-two as I rousted myself off the porch and climbed into the truck. The man lay there. Was he dead after I had hit him with the hammer to the head? I wasn't going to wait around to find out.

I peel out of the dirt driveway and head down the mountain as fast as the road would allow. Any faster and the truck may fall apart from the huge dips and bumps in the road.

What was that thing? It couldn't be a man. It had a crazy look in its eyes. None that I've ever seen before.

The corner is sharp. I manage to hang onto the road just barely. I can feel warm blood on the seat. I look around to see where the blood was coming from or even if it was mine. Instinctively, my hand goes to my back. I can feel the warm, sticky substance.

I knew I could not go to the hospital. They were closed. Small town manners - close on the weekend. My eyes focus back on the road.

I can see my favorite restaurant just up ahead. Maybe a good stiff drink and food will do me some good.

The truck stalls out. I look down to see my gas tank was on empty. How that had happened I didn't know. Maybe it was that man, that thing. I get out and walk to the restaurant.

I sat down on the table and ordered a meal. There were a few other guests. They were looking at me. They could see I wasn't doing alright from the blood dripping down my side. Their eyes grew wide when they see the gash mark on my back.

"Hey, mister. You need some assistance?" a man asks.

"No," I said. "I watched a monster emerged from the depths and try to kill me."

"A monster?"

"Yes."

"Come on, mister. What do you take me for? A fool born yesterday."

"What is your problem, man. I'm fucking bleeding here. Someone ... something just tried to take my head off with a two by four."

The man stands up. The rest of the people sit as far back in their chairs as the backrest would allow. The man moves closer to me. "That is far enough," I said.

"Come now. I'm a doctor. Let me have a look at your wounder before you bleed out."

I lift up my shirt so the man can see the damage that I had taken. He grabs a rag that is lying on the table along with a glass of water.

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1. Dude
2. Bittersweet
3. Basket
4. Housecoat
5. Nail
6. Faster Than Light
7. Cane (Bonus: Red Wine)
8. A Ridiculous Amount of Fun
9. Mosquito
10. Bamboo
11. Hook
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13. The Entryway
14. Trolley
15. Flea
16. Awakening
17. Her Homemade Jams
18. Party
19. Important
20. Parasol
21. Back Pain
22. Late
23. Medium
24. Mother
25. Banana
26. Paper
27. Milk
28. Tree
29. Swing
30. Bored Stiff
31. 5
32. Home Alone and Doctor’s Office
33. Monkey’s Wedding
34. Wire
35. Appetite
36. Travel
37. A Kiss
38. Mice
39. Detective
40. Homeless
41. Eyebrows
42. 40 Percent Off
43. One Year
44. Frosting a Cake
45. Bones
46. Clouds
47. Scratch
48. Wet
49. Cherry
50. Depression
51. Camping
52. Caterpillar
53. Quadrillion
54. Describe the Room You Are In
55. Dew
56. Miami
57. Skinny
58. Lizard Cave
59. Mold
60. Herbs
61. Phone
62. Wood
63. Prototype
64. Discord
65. A Jumble of Words
66. Suffers in Silence
67. Bath
68. Core Values
69. Players
70. Talking Dog
71. Grand Piano
72. Syrup
73. Ornate
74. Chips
75. State
76. Epilogue
77. Sell-out
78. Chalk
79. Spa
80. parachutes
81. Grapevine
82. Food to the Table
83. Basics
84. Copy
85. Wildflower
86. Nothing
87. Mishap
88. Squash

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1. The Picture

2. The Crooked Umbrella

3. The Chair That I’m Strapped To

4. The Stall - Part 1)

5. The Stall - Part 2

6. A Common Ending

7. The Stall – Part 9

8. Withdrawal

9. Richard’s Surprise

10. The Trap

11. Church

12. Canyon Making You Crazy?

13. The Hawk