We were playing with the football then, just passing it around. Will had had missed the throw and it spiraled into the woods. Some of us yelled at him while others just let out dissapionted groans. No one could go into those woods. The trees were too close together and the branches were tightly entwined together. Everyone stayed like that, looking at Will, for a couple seconds. Slowly, a low hiss, like that of a serpentine creature rang out from the forest. We all froze and the football came flying back through the trees and landed perfectly between Will's feet.
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Shadow Cat and Other Stories
Mystery / Thriller"The cat leapt soundlessly from one shingled rooftop to the next," this is the first sentence of the first story of this thrilling collection of short stories. Mysteries and cliffhangers cling to every one of these tales, ones that will leave you c...
