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Horror short story. A reporter journeys to a small town to investigate claims of the Second Coming, only to rediscover his own dark past.
Stephen Couch
Stephen Couch is a writer, a computer programmer, a cover band vocalist, an award-winning audio drama producer, and a lifelong Texan. His short fiction has appeared in such venues as Talebones, Mountain Magic: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia, and the Stoker Award-finalist Horror Library Vol. 3.
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Cocoon - Stephen Couch
Cocoon
By Stephen Couch
Published by Mere Moments Publishing at Smashwords
Copyright 2011 Stephen Couch
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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.
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Cocoon
Away for so long, I grew used to the cramped, winding roads of the Northeast, and forgot how open Texas is. The roads here stretch on for miles, straight and true, and you almost feel you could take your hands off the wheel and nap for a while without danger of a crash.
I have plenty of time to marvel