If you are reading the short stories in the Spooky Showcase, you might have noticed that the first paragraph of THE STAGES OF MONSTER GRIEF by Carina Bissett was similar to the first paragraph of CEREMONY by Saytchyn Maddux-Creech. So, about that…
There are not similar. They are exactly the same. When setting the templates for the short story publications, that first paragraph from Bissett’s story slipped through the cracks. However, it’s been fixed, and now you can read CEREMONY in it full and unfragmented form HERE. Sorry about that! — Carina
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