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“There Was A Lock On The Door” by Rob MacWolf (read by Solomon Harries)
The last man on earth, as far as he knows, is sitting alone in a room.
Tonight’s story is “There Was A Lock On The Door” by Rob MacWolf, which was originally published in Howlin' For You: A Werewolf Charity Anthology from Voices From the Mausoleum. If you prefer some more wholesome werewolves, you can get his book “You Look Lost, Pup,” as well as others, from Bewere Books.
Read by Solomon Harries, Cuddly Badger Dad.
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Transcript
You’re
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Speaker:to
Speaker:The
Speaker:Ghost
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog
Speaker:on
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog.
Speaker:Tonight’s
Speaker:story
Speaker:is “There
Speaker:Was
Speaker:A
Speaker:Lock
Speaker:On
Speaker:The
Speaker:Door”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Rob
Speaker:MacWolf,
Speaker:which
Speaker:was
Speaker:originally
Speaker:published
Speaker:in
Speaker:Howlin'
Speaker:For
You:You:
A
You:Werewolf
You:Charity
You:Anthology
You:from
You:Voices
You:From
You:the
You:Mausoleum.
You:If
You:you
You:prefer
You:some
You:more
You:wholesome
You:werewolves,
You:you
You:can
You:get
You:his
You:book “You
You:Look
You:Lost,
You:Pup,”
You:as
You:well
You:as
You:others,
You:from
You:Bewere
You:Books.
Read
by
You:Solomon
You:Harries,
You:Cuddly
You:Badger
You:Dad
Apocalypse,
noun,
You:a
You:disaster
You:of
You:sufficient
You:proportions
You:to
You:plausibly
You:threaten
You:the
You:end
You:of
You:society.
You:From
You:the
You:Christian
You:sacred
You:literature
You:volume
You:of
You:the
You:same
You:name,
You:which
You:in
You:the
You:original
You:Greek
You:meant
You:literally “Unveiling.”
You:Now a
You:common
You:pop-culture
motif:motif:
we
motif:would
motif:submit
motif:that
motif:we’ve
motif:had
motif:enough
motif:of
motif:zombie
motif:apocalypses. Let
motif:the
motif:trope,
motif:and the
motif:unquiet
motif:dead
motif:with it,
motif:rest
motif:in
motif:peace.
motif:In
motif:its
motif:place,
motif:let
motif:us
motif:unveil
motif:a
motif:different
motif:kind
motif:of
motif:apocalypse.
Please
enjoy
“There
Was
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motif:Lock On
motif:The
motif:Door”
motif:by
motif:Rob
motif:MacWolf
Buck,
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motif:the
motif:world
motif:had
motif:been
motif:different,
motif:had
motif:once
motif:heard
motif:from
motif:Jack
motif:what
motif:the
motif:survivalist had
motif:claimed
motif:was
motif:the
motif:shortest
motif:horror
motif:story
possible:“The
possible:last
possible:man
possible:on
possible:earth
possible:sat
possible:alone
possible:in
possible:a
possible:room.”
possible:But
possible:then
possible:Jack
possible:had
possible:been
possible:unable
possible:to
possible:remember
possible:if
possible:the
possible:second
possible:clause
possible:had
possible:been “there
possible:was
possible:a
possible:knock”
possible:or “there
possible:was
possible:a
possible:lock”
possible:on
possible:the
possible:door.
Jesse “Buck”
Tiodel
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possible:very
possible:emphatically
possible:not
possible:a
possible:survivalist.
possible:He
possible:was
possible:a
possible:survivor.
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the
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possible:where
possible:he
possible:was
possible:sitting
possible:right
possible:now
possible:was
possible:closer
possible:to
possible:being
possible:a
possible:bunker
possible:than
possible:a
possible:house.
possible:And
possible:yes,
possible:he
possible:had
possible:stockpiled
possible:non-perishable
possible:food,
possible:potable
possible:water,
possible:and
possible:antibiotics—and
possible:a
possible:damn
possible:good
possible:thing
possible:he
possible:had.
possible:And
possible:yes,
possible:the
possible:windows
possible:and
possible:doors
possible:were
possible:reinforced
possible:with
possible:tungsten
possible:carbide
possible:bars.
possible:That
possible:didn’t
possible:mean
possible:he
possible:was
possible:a
possible:survivalist.
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that
possible:there
possible:was
possible:anyone
possible:to
possible:argue
possible:the
possible:point.
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possible:was
possible:nobody
possible:in
possible:here
possible:but
possible:him,
possible:the
possible:rechargeable
possible:LED
possible:hurricane
possible:lamp,
possible:and
possible:the
possible:dwindling
possible:supplies.
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possible:likely
possible:to
possible:have
possible:any
possible:guests.
possible:No
possible:more
possible:knocks
possible:on
possible:this
possible:door.
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possible:Manitoban
possible:emptiness
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possible:him
possible:and
possible:the
possible:nearest
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possible:nearest
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possible:in
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possible:the
possible:difference
possible:between
possible:a
possible:survivalist
possible:and
possible:a
possible:survivor.
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possible:didn’t
possible:look
possible:at
possible:the
possible:lightweight
possible:strongbox,
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possible:barely
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possible:an
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possible:up
possible:on
possible:whiskey,
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possible:him
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possible:to
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on:in
on:every
on:sense
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on:the
on:word.
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on:wilderness.
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on:seedstock
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on:composter and rechargeable
on:tools, they bought MREs
on:with
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on:shelf
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on:them.
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on:system—the
on:single
on:most
on:expensive
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on:though
on:by
on:no
on:means
on:the
on:rarest—they
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on:the
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on:benefits
on:of
on:unpasteurized
on:milk.
on:Where Buck had
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on:a
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on:generator,
on:they
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on:or
on:diesel
on:generators.
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on:they
on:thought
on:they
on:were
on:going to
on:find
on:a
on:gas
on:station
on:after
on:civilization
on:collapsed,
on:Buck
on:hadn’t
on:bothered
on:to
on:ask.
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on:horrible
on:preparations
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on:did.
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on:intending
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on:them,
on:they
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on:posing,
on:now.
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on:think
on:of
on:themselves as
on:the
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on:no-nonsense
on:badasses
on:who
on:when
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on:fan
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on:going
on:to
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on:proven
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on:their
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on:Nobody
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on:seen
on:this
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on:know
on:what
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on:happening—of
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on:how
on:could
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on:to
on:have
on:started
on:in
on:the
on:states.
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on:maybe,
on:or
on:Wyoming. ‘An
on:outbreak
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on:rabies,’
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on:called
on:it,
on:some
on:novel
on:mutation
on:of
on:lyssavirus,
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on:in
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on:were urged
on:to
on:remain
on:in
on:their
on:homes
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on:no
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on:with
on:anyone
on:thought
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on:infected.
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on:fell
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on:about
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on:what
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on:of
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on:of
on:long-distance
on:communication
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on:as
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on:and
on:the
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on:before,
on:but
on:Buck
on:suspected
on:not.
on:He
on:could
on:almost
on:hear
on:differences
on:in
on:the,
on:well, ‘voices’
on:probably
on:wasn’t
on:the
on:right
on:word,
on:but
on:close
on:enough.
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on:him
on:surrounded
on:within
on:half
on:an
on:hour.
on:He’d
on:timed
on:them,
on:previous
on:nights.
on:They
on:were
on:frighteningly
on:fast,
on:when
on:they
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on:to
on:be.
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on:the
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on:versions
on:of
on:Jack’s story—whether
on:the
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on:lock
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on:everything
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on:what
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on:things
on:out
on:there,
on:the
on:things
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on:had
on:come
on:for
on:you?
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on:was
on:the
on:lock
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on:the
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on:the
on:imprisonment,
on:the
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on:need
on:to
on:hole
on:up,
on:take
on:shelter,
on:and
on:wait,
on:even
on:though
on:the
on:danger
on:had
on:not
on:yet
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on:Buck—the
on:part
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on:all
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on:bleakly
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on:obsessed
on:Jack
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on:like him
on:had
on:been
on:with
on:the
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on:of
on:zombie
on:apocalypse.
on:Zombies
on:had
on:been
on:on
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on:the
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on:on
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on:stickers.
on:It
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on:the
on:power
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on:he
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supposed:zombie
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supposed:what
supposed:they’d
supposed:always
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wanted:people.
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wanted:dig
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wanted:take
wanted:cover.
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wanted:decide
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wanted:come
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wanted:tomorrow
wanted:once
wanted:the
wanted:sun
wanted:was
wanted:down,
wanted:and
wanted:the
wanted:next
wanted:night,
wanted:and
wanted:the
wanted:next,
wanted:however
wanted:many
wanted:nights
wanted:it
wanted:took.
They
wouldn’t
wanted:have
wanted:been
wanted:ready
wanted:for
wanted:a
wanted:werewolf
wanted:apocalypse.
The
other
wanted:howls
wanted:were
wanted:closer,
wanted:now,
wanted:and
wanted:something
wanted:was
wanted:scratching
wanted:at
wanted:the
wanted:door
wanted:again.
wanted:The
wanted:first
wanted:time,
wanted:Buck
wanted:would
wanted:have
wanted:to
wanted:admit,
wanted:he’d
wanted:been
wanted:terrified.
wanted:He’d
wanted:expected
wanted:claws
wanted:harder
wanted:than
wanted:steel
wanted:and
wanted:superhuman
wanted:strength.
wanted:He’d
wanted:expected
wanted:this
wanted:thing
wanted:to
wanted:smash
wanted:the
wanted:concrete
wanted:or
wanted:rip
wanted:the
wanted:door
wanted:from
wanted:its
wanted:frame.
wanted:But
wanted:the
wanted:claws
wanted:seemed
wanted:to
wanted:just
wanted:be
wanted:claws,
wanted:the
wanted:limbs
wanted:just
wanted:muscle
wanted:and
wanted:bone—there
wanted:was
wanted:plenty
wanted:that
wanted:was
wanted:impossible
wanted:about
wanted:these
wanted:beasts
wanted:but
wanted:that
wanted:much
wanted:was
wanted:apparently
wanted:normal—and
wanted:the
wanted:terror
wanted:had
wanted:passed.
wanted:Now
wanted:each
wanted:night
wanted:was
wanted:only
wanted:the
wanted:dull,
wanted:wary
wanted:tension
wanted:that
wanted:Buck had
wanted:come
wanted:to
wanted:suspect
wanted:was
wanted:another
wanted:subspecies
wanted:of
wanted:boredom.
wanted:If
wanted:he
wanted:was
wanted:honest—and
wanted:what
wanted:point
wanted:would
wanted:there
wanted:be
wanted:in
wanted:not
wanted:being
wanted:honest,
wanted:there
wanted:was
wanted:nobody
wanted:here
wanted:to
wanted:lie
wanted:to—he
wanted:missed
wanted:the
wanted:terror.
When
the
wanted:wolf
wanted:pawing
wanted:at
wanted:the
wanted:door
wanted:gave
wanted:up,
wanted:another
wanted:took
wanted:its
wanted:place.
Buck
fought
wanted:the
wanted:urge
wanted:to
wanted:go
wanted:look
wanted:out
wanted:the
wanted:window,
wanted:but
wanted:it
wanted:was
wanted:that
wanted:or
wanted:look
wanted:at
wanted:the
wanted:lockbox.
wanted:Looking
wanted:out
wanted:the
wanted:window
wanted:wasn’t
wanted:dangerous,
wanted:really,
wanted:but
wanted:if
wanted:one
wanted:of
wanted:them
wanted:saw
wanted:him
wanted:they’d
wanted:get
wanted:excited
wanted:all
wanted:night,
wanted:tear
wanted:things
wanted:up
wanted:even
wanted:more,
wanted:howl
wanted:all
wanted:the
wanted:louder,
wanted:maybe
wanted:even
wanted:start
wanted:fighting.
wanted:And
wanted:Buck
wanted:knew
wanted:perfectly
wanted:well
wanted:what
wanted:he’d
wanted:see,
wanted:it
wanted:would
wanted:be
wanted:the
wanted:same
wanted:thing
wanted:he
wanted:saw
wanted:every
wanted:other
wanted:time.
He
looked
wanted:anyway.
In
the
wanted:clearing
wanted:stood
wanted:a
wanted:big
wanted:male,
wanted:seven
wanted:or
wanted:eight
wanted:feet
wanted:if
wanted:he
wanted:went
wanted:to
wanted:his
wanted:full
wanted:height.
wanted:Dark
wanted:pelt,
wanted:probably
wanted:charcoal
wanted:grey
wanted:in
wanted:the
wanted:sunlight
wanted:but
wanted:under
wanted:the
wanted:moon
wanted:he
wanted:looked
wanted:deep
wanted:oceanic
wanted:blue.
wanted:He
wanted:had
wanted:his
wanted:head
wanted:back,
wanted:not
wanted:to
wanted:howl,
wanted:but
wanted:to
wanted:sniff
wanted:the
wanted:wind.
wanted:Another
wanted:wolf—not as
wanted:tall,
wanted:skinny
wanted:tail,
wanted:lighter
wanted:fur
wanted:grizzled
wanted:like
wanted:a
wanted:coyote—was
wanted:prowling
wanted:around
wanted:in
wanted:the
wanted:background,
wanted:and
wanted:behind
wanted:them
wanted:were
wanted:a
wanted:couple
wanted:others,
wanted:only
wanted:the
wanted:vaguest
wanted:outlines
wanted:in
wanted:the
wanted:darkness.
At
first
wanted:seeing
wanted:only
wanted:the
wanted:general
wanted:shapes,
wanted:the
wanted:motion
wanted:of
wanted:them
wanted:walking,
wanted:it
wanted:was
wanted:hard
wanted:not
wanted:to
wanted:see
wanted:human
wanted:gait,
wanted:human
wanted:stature,
wanted:human
wanted:proportions.
wanted:But
wanted:when
wanted:they
wanted:took
wanted:just
wanted:a
wanted:step
wanted:or
wanted:so
wanted:closer,
wanted:so
wanted:that
wanted:the
wanted:moonlit
wanted:sky
wanted:stood
wanted:behind
wanted:the
wanted:silhouettes
wanted:of
wanted:muzzle
wanted:and
wanted:ears,
wanted:fang
wanted:and snout,
wanted:thick scruff over
wanted:the
wanted:shoulders,
wanted:then
wanted:any
wanted:illusion
wanted:of
wanted:humanity
wanted:was
wanted:swallowed
wanted:up
wanted:by
wanted:the
wanted:wolf.
When
they
wanted:turned
wanted:to
wanted:meet
wanted:his
wanted:stare,
wanted:their
wanted:eyes
wanted:shone.
Buck
stepped
wanted:back
wanted:when
wanted:they
wanted:rushed
wanted:the
wanted:window—claws
wanted:grasped at
wanted:but
wanted:couldn’t
wanted:reach
wanted:the
wanted:glass,
wanted:jaws
wanted:clamped
wanted:on
wanted:but
wanted:failed
wanted:to
wanted:shift
wanted:the
wanted:bars—frustrated
wanted:with
wanted:himself
wanted:for
wanted:looking.
wanted:He
wanted:knew
wanted:it
wanted:wouldn’t
wanted:do
wanted:any
wanted:good.
wanted:But
wanted:what
wanted:else
wanted:was
wanted:there
wanted:to
wanted:do?
In
the
wanted:morning
wanted:they’d
wanted:be
wanted:gone,
wanted:of
wanted:course.
wanted:Buck
wanted:had
wanted:no
wanted:idea
wanted:where
wanted:they
wanted:went
wanted:in
wanted:the
day:day:
did
day:they
day:become
day:human
day:again?
day:If
day:so,
day:they
day:made
day:no
day:attempt
day:at
day:contact
day:while
day:human.
day:Still,
day:he
day:could
day:go
day:out,
day:see
day:what
day:damage
day:had
day:been
day:done,
day:make
day:some
day:slight
day:repairs
day:that
day:would
day:only
day:be
day:destroyed
day:again
day:tomorrow
day:night,
day:just
day:enjoy
day:the
day:sunlight
day:and
day:free air
day:for
day:a
day:moment…
day:but
day:there
day:would
day:be
day:no
day:getting
day:away.
day:Where
day:was
day:there
day:to
day:go?
day:Any
day:other
day:place
day:would
day:be
day:less
day:safe
day:than
day:this.
He’d
been
day:very,
day:and
day:justifiably,
day:proud
day:of
day:his
day:agriculture.
day:Long term
day:survival
day:required
day:renewable
day:food
day:sources
day:and
day:demanded
day:sustainability.
day:But
day:the
day:wolves,
day:unable
day:to
day:get
day:at
day:him,
day:had
day:torn
day:it
day:all
day:down.
day:Maybe
day:that
day:was
day:intentional
day:siege
day:tactics,
day:to
day:drive
day:him
day:out
day:where
day:they
day:could
day:kill
day:and
day:devour
day:him.
day:Or
day:maybe
day:that
day:had
day:just
day:been
day:instinct.
day:The
day:result
day:was
day:the
day:same.
For
as
day:many
day:times
day:as
day:he’d
day:warned
day:Jack
day:about
day:being
day:trapped
day:with
day:a
day:dwindling
day:supply
day:of
day:nonperishables,
day:and
day:no
day:way
day:to
day:replenish
day:them,
day:he’d
day:wound
day:up
day:in
day:the
day:same
day:situation.
day:His
day:plans
day:had
day:fared
day:no
day:better
day:than
day:if
day:he’d
day:been
day:a
day:survivalist.
Was
Jack
day:out
day:there
day:somewhere,
day:even
day:now,
day:howling
day:at
day:the
day:moon,
day:his
day:name
day:and
day:memory
day:utterly
day:forgotten,
day:slavering
day:to bite out the
day:throat
day:of
day:some
day:other
day:survivor?
day:Part
day:of
day:a
day:pack
day:that
day:would
day:gladly
day:play
day:tug
day:of
day:war
day:with
day:Buck’s
day:bones
day:till
day:they
day:were
day:picked
day:clean?
day:Or
day:was
day:all
day:that
day:was
day:left
day:of
day:him
day:in
day:the
day:bellies
day:of
day:half a dozen
day:wolves?
day:Or
day:was
day:he
day:trapped
day:in
day:his
day:own
day:bunker,
day:pinned
day:down
day:by
day:another
day:pack,
day:also
day:running
day:out
day:of
day:food,
day:and
day:wondering
day:about
day:Buck?
Pointless
to
day:speculate.
day:Neither
day:of
day:them
day:would
day:ever
day:know,
day:now.
The
lockbox
day:lurked
day:in
day:the
day:darkness
day:at
day:the
day:corner
day:of
day:the
day:room.
day:Buck
day:began
day:to
day:pace.
day:When
day:he’d
day:first
day:caught
day:himself
day:doing
day:that—maybe
day:a
day:week
day:ago,
day:now,
day:it
day:was
day:hard
day:to
day:tell—he’d
day:recoiled
day:with
day:disgust,
day:because
day:the
day:first
day:thing
day:it
day:made
day:him
day:think
day:of
day:was
day:a
day:wild
day:animal
day:in
day:a
day:zoo.
day:But
day:now
day:anything
day:was
day:a
day:welcome
day:distraction.
He
wasn’t
day:going
day:to
day:survive,
day:was
day:he? Not
day:like
day:this.
The
wolves
day:scrabbling
day:at
day:the
day:window
day:bars
day:had
day:given
day:up,
day:gotten
day:bored
day:or
day:distracted.
day:Another
day:had
day:taken
day:their
day:place.
day:Sandy
day:fur,
day:Buck would
day:guess
day:a
day:female,
day:though
day:werewolves
day:turned
day:out
day:to
day:have
day:a
day:lot
day:less
day:sexual
day:dimorphism
day:than
day:humans
day:so
day:it
day:was
day:hard
day:to
day:tell.
day:She
day:was
day:sitting
day:on
day:her
day:haunches,
day:watching
day:the
day:window
day:intently,
day:like
day:a
day:dog
day:would
day:look
day:at
day:you
day:in
day:hope
day:you
day:dropped
day:your
day:sandwich.
day:Like
day:a
day:fox
day:in
day:winter
day:would
day:watch
day:a
day:burrow.
day:Like
day:a
day:lioness
day:on
day:the
day:serengeti
day:would
day:watch
day:a
day:watering
day:hole.
At
some
day:point
day:the
day:sandwich
day:would have to fall. At some point the mouse would have to leave the hole. At some point the gazelle would
day:have
day:to
day:come
day:to
day:drink.
day:Not
day:tonight.
day:Not
day:tomorrow
day:night.
day:But
day:at
day:some
day:point.
Alright
then.
The
howls
day:started
day:again,
day:less
day:urgent,
day:almost
day:musical
day:or
day:conversational.
day:Buck
day:ignored
day:them.
day:He
day:took
day:down
day:the
day:lockbox.
day:He’d
day:never
day:bothered
day:to
day:set
day:the
day:combination.
day:The
day:clasps
day:clicked
day:open
day:at
day:the
day:touch
day:of
day:a
day:button,
day:but
day:he
day:didn’t
day:open
day:the
day:lid
day:right
day:away.
The
difference
day:between
day:a
day:survivalist
day:and a
day:survivor
day:is
day:that
day:every
day:survivalist
day:thinks
day:they
day:have
day:a
day:secret
day:weapon.
day:A
day:survivor
day:actually
day:does.
Every
survivalist
day:convention
day:or
day:gun
day:show
day:always
day:had
day:at
day:least
day:one
day:table,
day:somewhere
day:near
day:the
day:back,
day:for
day:the
day:really
day:unhinged
stuff:stuff:
the
stuff:sort
stuff:of
stuff:thing
stuff:that
stuff:men
stuff:willing
stuff:to
stuff:openly
stuff:buy
stuff:a
stuff:copy
stuff:of
The
Turner
stuff:Diaries
stuff:thought
stuff:just
stuff:too
stuff:weird.
stuff:Sometimes
stuff:it
stuff:would
stuff:be
stuff:pornography,
stuff:sometimes
stuff:it
stuff:would
stuff:be
stuff:UFO
stuff:conspiracies,
stuff:sometimes
stuff:it
stuff:would
stuff:be
stuff:dangerous
stuff:and
stuff:untested ‘natural’
stuff:medicines.
stuff:Sometimes
stuff:it
stuff:was
stuff:mall-kiosk
stuff:level
stuff:new
stuff:age
stuff:junk,
stuff:sometimes
stuff:the
stuff:kind
stuff:of
stuff:authentic
stuff:katana and
stuff:ninja
stuff:stars
stuff:you’d
stuff:find
stuff:at
stuff:the
stuff:state
stuff:fair.
stuff:If
stuff:you
stuff:were
stuff:unlucky
stuff:it
stuff:was
stuff:just
stuff:racism
stuff:and
stuff:hate
stuff:pamphlets,
stuff:but
stuff:sometimes
stuff:there’d
stuff:be
stuff:something
stuff:interesting.
Jack
had
stuff:made
stuff:so
stuff:much
stuff:fun
stuff:of
stuff:him,
stuff:had
stuff:called
stuff:him
stuff:all
stuff:sorts
stuff:of
stuff:unrepeatable
stuff:things,
stuff:when
stuff:he’d
stuff:bought
stuff:this.
stuff:Why
stuff:waste
stuff:money
stuff:on
stuff:something
stuff:like
stuff:this?
stuff:There’s
stuff:no
stuff:such
stuff:thing
stuff:as
stuff:werewolves!
Well,
who
stuff:was
stuff:the
stuff:unrepeatable
stuff:word
stuff:now,
stuff:Jack?
stuff:The
stuff:wolves
stuff:weren’t
stuff:just
stuff:real,
stuff:they
stuff:were
stuff:the
stuff:ultimate
stuff:survivors.
stuff:Compared
stuff:to
stuff:them,
stuff:everyone
stuff:else
stuff:was
stuff:a
stuff:mere
stuff:survivalist.
Buck
went
stuff:to
stuff:the
stuff:window
stuff:again.
stuff:The
stuff:moon
stuff:had
stuff:made
stuff:some
stuff:progress,
stuff:her
stuff:light
stuff:touched
stuff:his
stuff:face
stuff:through
stuff:the
stuff:barred
stuff:window.
stuff:The
stuff:sandy
stuff:female
stuff:wolf
stuff:was
stuff:still
stuff:there,
stuff:but
stuff:now
stuff:the
stuff:big
stuff:dark
stuff:male
stuff:from
stuff:before had
stuff:joined her.
stuff:They
stuff:bared
stuff:their
stuff:teeth
stuff:when
stuff:they
stuff:saw
stuff:a
stuff:human
stuff:standing
stuff:in
stuff:the
stuff:window,
stuff:but
stuff:didn’t
stuff:move—when
stuff:the
stuff:wolf
stuff:is
stuff:sure
stuff:the
stuff:rabbit’s seen
stuff:it,
stuff:and
stuff:is
stuff:still
stuff:frozen,
stuff:then
stuff:instinct
stuff:demands
stuff:it
stuff:wait
stuff:for
stuff:the
stuff:rabbit
stuff:to
stuff:run.
The
rabbit
stuff:wasn’t
stuff:going
stuff:to
stuff:run,
stuff:though.
stuff:Buck
stuff:was
stuff:a
stuff:survivor.
He
lifted
stuff:the
stuff:skull
stuff:out
stuff:of
stuff:the
lockbox:lockbox:
canine,
lockbox:but
lockbox:not
lockbox:entirely,
lockbox:and
lockbox:too
lockbox:big
lockbox:for
lockbox:a
lockbox:dog
lockbox:or
lockbox:any
lockbox:natural
lockbox:wolf.
lockbox:No
lockbox:lower
lockbox:jaw.
lockbox:Where
lockbox:the
lockbox:crackpot
lockbox:at
lockbox:the
lockbox:convention
lockbox:had
lockbox:gotten
lockbox:a
lockbox:werewolf
lockbox:skull,
lockbox:who
lockbox:could
lockbox:imagine?
lockbox:Somewhere. ‘Where’
lockbox:hardly
lockbox:mattered
lockbox:now.
Buck
lifted
lockbox:it
lockbox:to
lockbox:his
lockbox:shoulder.
lockbox:The
lockbox:hackles
lockbox:of
lockbox:the
lockbox:wolves
lockbox:outside
lockbox:rose
lockbox:at
lockbox:the
lockbox:movement.
The
teeth
lockbox:were
lockbox:still
lockbox:quite
lockbox:sharp.
lockbox:It
lockbox:took
lockbox:barely
lockbox:any
lockbox:pressure
lockbox:before
lockbox:he
lockbox:felt
lockbox:them
lockbox:break
lockbox:skin.
His
vision
lockbox:swam,
lockbox:immediately,
lockbox:and
lockbox:not
lockbox:from
lockbox:pain.
lockbox:The
lockbox:moonlight
lockbox:looked
lockbox:suddenly
lockbox:inviting
lockbox:and
lockbox:intoxicating,
lockbox:and
lockbox:he
lockbox:could
lockbox:have
lockbox:sworn
lockbox:he
lockbox:could
lockbox:see
lockbox:so
lockbox:much
lockbox:more
lockbox:clearly
lockbox:by
lockbox:it,
lockbox:for
lockbox:just
lockbox:a
lockbox:moment,
lockbox:before
lockbox:his
lockbox:balance
lockbox:left
lockbox:him
lockbox:and
lockbox:he
lockbox:collapsed
lockbox:backward.
lockbox:He
lockbox:wondered,
lockbox:writhing
lockbox:on
lockbox:the
lockbox:floor
lockbox:among
lockbox:scents
lockbox:suddenly
lockbox:much
lockbox:stronger,
lockbox:if
lockbox:the
lockbox:wolves
lockbox:outside
lockbox:had
lockbox:seen
lockbox:his
lockbox:eyes
lockbox:start
lockbox:to
lockbox:shine,
lockbox:and
lockbox:if
lockbox:so
lockbox:had
lockbox:they
lockbox:known
lockbox:what
lockbox:that
lockbox:meant?
lockbox:Did
lockbox:they ‘know’
lockbox:anything,
lockbox:really?
He’d
find
lockbox:out.
The
last
lockbox:man
lockbox:on
lockbox:earth
lockbox:lay
lockbox:in
lockbox:a
lockbox:room,
lockbox:alone.
lockbox:There
lockbox:was
lockbox:a
lockbox:lock
lockbox:on
lockbox:the
lockbox:door,
lockbox:but
lockbox:there’d
lockbox:be
lockbox:no
lockbox:need
lockbox:for
lockbox:locks
lockbox:now.
lockbox:Buck’s
lockbox:muscles
lockbox:were
lockbox:cramping,
lockbox:his
lockbox:heart
lockbox:was
lockbox:racing,
lockbox:his
lockbox:head
lockbox:was
lockbox:pounding
lockbox:as
lockbox:if
lockbox:with
lockbox:delirious
lockbox:fever.
lockbox:His
lockbox:skin
lockbox:itched
lockbox:everywhere,
lockbox:especially
lockbox:the
lockbox:scruff
lockbox:of
lockbox:the
lockbox:neck,
lockbox:and
lockbox:his
lockbox:clothes
lockbox:were
lockbox:tight
lockbox:to
lockbox:the
lockbox:point
lockbox:of
lockbox:bursting.
lockbox:It
lockbox:was
lockbox:already
lockbox:very
lockbox:difficult
lockbox:to
lockbox:remember
lockbox:who
lockbox:he
lockbox:was,
lockbox:why he had
lockbox:bothered
lockbox:to
lockbox:imprison
lockbox:himself
lockbox:here.
lockbox:Things
lockbox:scattered
lockbox:from
lockbox:his
lockbox:mind,
lockbox:like
lockbox:cast off
lockbox:garments,
lockbox:no
lockbox:longer
needed:needed:
agricultural
needed:knowledge,
needed:sustainability,
needed:the
needed:supplies,
needed:the
needed:shotgun,
needed:Winnipeg,
needed:Jack.
needed:Each
needed:word
needed:echoed
needed:in
needed:his
needed:empty
needed:memory,
needed:meant
needed:nothing
needed:to
needed:him,
needed:and
needed:then
needed:was
needed:gone
needed:forever.
needed:But
needed:the
needed:howls
needed:from
needed:the
needed:rooftop,
needed:the
needed:ones
needed:answering
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needed:over
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needed:those
needed:were
needed:starting
needed:to
needed:make
needed:some
needed:sense.
With
the
needed:last
needed:remnants
needed:of
needed:Buck’s
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needed:door
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needed:in case he
needed:forgot
needed:how.
He
wouldn’t
needed:be
needed:Jesse
needed:Tiodel
needed:anymore. The last
needed:man
needed:on
needed:earth
needed:would
needed:be
needed:gone.
But
he
needed:would
needed:be
needed:a
needed:survivor.
This
was “There
needed:Was
needed:A
needed:Lock
needed:On
needed:The
needed:Door”
needed:by
needed:Rob MacWolf,
needed:read
needed:for you
needed:by
needed:Solomon
needed:Harries,
needed:cuddly
needed:badger
needed:dad.
needed:You
needed:can
needed:find
needed:more
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needed:on
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needed:the
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needed:wherever
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needed:Thank
needed:you
needed:for
needed:listening
needed:to
needed:The
needed:Ghost
needed:of
needed:Dog.
