witch one

'Striking' is useful because it covers both affect + effect. But stricken! Stricken is the Watcher in the Woods coaxing little droplets of rotten plum-skin nectar down her fingernail into a tincture bottle. She slowly raises the finger to your eye...a lone, lingering drop splashes on a moth resting on the table below, and the moth flies into your mouth! (excerpt from "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 12: We're Running Out of Scare Juice, Kids").

fell on 2004-10-04 at 2:20 p.m.

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