An Old Woman and her Garden / Discussion

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fieldstone 09 Nov 2017 02:01

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." _{- Audrey Hepburn}

I got tired of not posting anything, so I dug up a thing about things being dug up.

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Modern_Erasmus 09 Nov 2017 02:07

Nice setup and payoff with the lines about the house's size. Also dat endline. Your tales never disappoint.

(Side Note: you may want to tag this as a Creepypasta since that's what it seems to be.)

fieldstone 09 Nov 2017 02:23

Thank you! This (along with the two that will follow if I get away with this one) could conceivably be about anomalies that don't have procedures because they've just kind of flown under the radar, but being able to tag it creepypasta and not have to cling to that pretext is a relief.

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Taffeta 09 Nov 2017 02:33

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. What. What. Argh. Oh my god.

Interesting take on the myth surrounding dragon's teeth, if that's what it is. If it isn't, then it's still excellent.

Zyn 09 Nov 2017 06:46

Euuuughgllglle.

I have well over 20 tiny plants in my room, some on my desk, some near my fish, and I've buried one of my fish near a patch of cacti I planted years ago…

Nice choice of naming for the cat Osiris. And the ending made me feel simultaneously kind of sympathetic for the lady and terrified for what might have happened afterward. Those are dark arts to dabble in.

+1 enthusiastically, and this is the first time in awhile when I tried to upvote and realized I'd already done so. It's a short, sweet, shiver-inducing piece that merits successive rereads.

TL333s 09 Nov 2017 12:44

Marvelously creepy. :D

She never planted any of these because she was afraid that if they grew up, they would remember what had happened.

I always feel like hooks should come early in a story, but my god.

Moist Spaghetti 09 Nov 2017 15:45

When I first saw this in "Recently Created Pages", I thought it was a scip, and the person just didn't understand how to title it.
Turns out it's a story with really good characters and story.
+1 from me

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