Things Slip Through
However, the boy’s words struck a curious resonance in him, and a memory surfaced, of a massive and inhuman thing slithering in the dark .
mene, mene
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And that’s when he heard it.
A liquid flopping. He whirled, eyes searching the dimness . . . as something squelched wetly behind the counter. He leapt back, fearing It would come after him, even though he had no idea what It was.
The slithering sounds swelled, accompanied once more by that throbbing voice, which evoked primordial fears as each unintelligible syllable pounded against Gavin’s brain, over and over . . .
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