Stained Glass Monsters

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ShhooTHuMP!

The whole of the small shed which was Kendall Stockton’s home shuddered, sending specks of grit pattering into her cropped blonde curls and sliding down the newssheet she held. The strange sound was gone as soon as she’d registered it, leaving all the geese and ducks and chickens which roamed the Back Green squawking their heads off.

Not able to guess what was happening, Kendall dashed outside. Nothing odd in the garden or around the blackened remains of Gran’s house, so she ran round the other side of her shed, and stopped to stare. There was someone lying in the middle of the Green.

It was still well before evening, and the Green fell inside the village’s circle, so Kendall felt safe taking a few halting steps closer. Lying there unmoving was a woman in a white dress, her arms stretched to either side, and her long pale hair fanned out around her.

"Are – are you hurt?"

There was no reply, only the retreating protest of fowl, and a shout from the Lippon house. Kendall hadn’t been the only one in Falk to hear and feel…whatever had happened. Wanting to see more before the entire Lippon clan arrived, Kendall crossed to within a few feet of the strange figure.

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