{"id":2846,"date":"2015-10-04T22:08:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T22:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2015-10-04T22:08:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T22:08:57","slug":"dusk-by-chris-galford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/dusk-by-chris-galford\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusk By Chris Galford"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vorspiel<\/a><\/p>\n

Dusk<\/h1>\n

By Chris Galford<\/p>\n

Dusk. I can hear them in the walls. The chitter of their legs rattles plaster.<\/p>\n

Their poison stains the floorboards. My own is still with the fear of it, of the slow wine burn of their drink. They cannot be bated. Everywhere, the traps lay; they ignore them, build new roads into the dust and dark.<\/p>\n

Mother takes them for the creak of trees in dead of night. She cannot hear them. Will not hear them. Heavy lies the whispers: do not be afraid, little fly, we just come to play. Can you hear the whispers? The world is walking by.<\/p>\n

I weep for the dark, for the shadows of their web. Another moonless night. Do spiders know our words? Because they tell me things. The shameful things brother watches. I hear them scuttle through the laughter of their claims: have you heard what teacher says of his students behind their backs? I don\u2019t want to know, but all the same they whisper.<\/p>\n

They weave it into their webs.<\/p>\n

I close my eyes to blot out threads winding through the cracks. Breathe in. Breathe out. Drift. They are playing games with me.<\/p>\n

Another whisper wraps me tighter. They are here. I am awake, but I will not open my eyes.<\/p>\n

Simpering spiders, they say I do not understand. Secrets pour from the walls and their fangs lick my veins.<\/p>\n

They just want someone to read their tapestry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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