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Spiritual - Concluded

Thursday, February 7, 2008

NEW FIC: Pt 5 of 5. Jayne is shot – Mal’s chasing the shooter – the Marshal’s chasing Mal.
River’s taken to the stage – and she’s ready for her close up now.
Uh, it aint an overly short chapter….

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Presenting Madame Cho and her marvellous mystickery! Be amazed as the miracle medium child brings forth genuine messages of joy from beyond the veil of tears.

Do not miss this rare opportunity for true lasting piece of mind.

Lost lovers reunited – lost families rejoined – lost pets found.

Madame Cho is known the verse over not only for her stagecraft and unceasing exploration of the realm beyond – but for the quality of mediums she brings with her on her travels – only the most gifted, only the most pure, only the young.

“Out of the mouths of babes comes the truth of Heaven’s Gate” – Madame Cho.

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- Flyer advertisement Regis Colony Lamppost. –

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Gathered in the brittle tin church, the hard worn community of Regis Colony had not got the show they came for. Messages of Joy – so Pastor Nehru had said – and so too the barking carnivalesque of the posters read more surreptitiously – but no less avidly – than the town announcements.

First there had been the spooky wailing kid and then a rude explosion of outlaw critters armed and cursing – and then gunplay, bloodshed and nothing less than a gate crashing motor mule roaring in to disturb their peace. Yessir, all sortsa unexpected – all kindsa crazed.

And now there was this – a slip of a girl, dancing in silence in the middle of the rough wooden stage, nimbly avoiding the still slick blood, the shaking child and the woman called Annabelle James.

Dancing down to the candles, moving like a flicker of light herself, swaying and bending and – yeah, shining some.

The parishioners only realised they were silent and holding their breath when the girl, with her eyes closed, came to a stop and pointed a long arm out towards Annabelle and started to speak.

“Come from the trailers and they come for you. Used to lie out under the stars and one time dreaming up names for them - you dreamed up a child instead.”

Hearing the words, Annabelle’s eyes were lighted with a

Comments
Friday, 15 February 2008 14:58
I really enjoyed this story. Ma Cobb's passing the plate to defuse the situtation was great. Just like a Cobb to make sure theres some coin at the end for all their trouble.

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