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part 2
TW: Ableism. Please read with caution.
Hi guys! I’ve recovered from my wounds for the most part! I’ve been able to hide the scar from my mom but it’s hard to hide the pain. I am doing better though so I won’t complain. I did get myself into that after all.
Being without a phone sucks pretty but, but being injured and having nightmares night after night of the coyote getting close enough to rip into my throat isn’t great either. Something changed about my dreams recently, though.
Two nights ago I still dreamt of the forest, but it was different. Light streamed through the trees, birds sang, and animals scurried around without care. The air seemed less heavy than it had been in years!
I turned around in a circle to take in the view. When I turned to the left I spotted her.
A woman with long brown hair looked at me from behind a tree. Once she noticed I’d seen her she stepped out and came into view. She was average height, with hair that touched the forest floor. Her skin was sun kissed and she was completely naked. The thing about her that stood out the most though was her pregnant belly. It jutted out roughly, her skin stretched almost painfully over her enlarged stomach.
For some reason I couldn’t seem to focus on her face. It was blurry, looking like a shifting mass of faces. Every time I blinked her face was different, it was strange. The woman beckoned me towards her like a mother calling to her child.
Usually, my curiously would take over, but the past few events led me to believe that this woman might not be a good person. She didn’t give off a bad or evil aura at all. Her movements were slow and graceful, like that of a dancer.
We both stood and stared at each other. After a while she tilted her head almost sadly. A large, rough looking hand emerged from behind the tree and grabbed her wrist, yanking her back. Once she had left the forest began to change.
Trees became barren, animals became walking corpses, and beasts from myth walked the earth. I was rooted to the spot. Everything cried out in pain and agony, begging for help, for MY help. Birds fell from the sky and blood began to pool under my legs, quickly flooding the forest and rising up to drown me.
Then I woke up.
I was sweating intensely. My throat was sore and my palms were clammy. I sat up and rubbed my hurt shoulder before looking at the clock next to my bed.
8:32 am.
With a tired sigh I got ready for the day. My mom had asked me to fill in for her at the bakery. Of course I agreed immediately. I needed the money and she needed the break.
The bakery my mom owns is called “Mom’s Bakes and Cakes”. The name didn’t really make sense to me, or well anyone, but it was the only place in our dusty old town that served hot pastries and fresh coffee at all times of the day so people put up with it.
Really, we call it a bakery but it’s more of a cafe. There’s tables to sit and eat at, a jukebox, and our menu is diverse.
I don’t really like this town. I live in the south(Louisiana to be specific), and people that aren’t completely normal are ostracized. Being a chubby autistic teen in high school was a death sentence. Dropping out was the only thing I could do, really. Teachers never cared about the physical and emotional torment I went through and my parents could only do so much.
Enough about boring stuff. Let’s talk about how shitty my day at the bakery was, shall we?
First of all, I got there 10 minutes late. This means the food was out on to cook later than usual. Later food means customers complain. Complaining customers give me a headache, and when I get too overstimulated I cry.
It’s really a butterfly affect. If only I’d gotten to the bakery earlier, maybe my day wouldn’t have gone that way it did.
When I first unlocked the door, there was already someone waiting. Mr. Tommy is the chief fire fighter, and also a big douchebag. He’s around 70 years old and gets extremely cranky Ossetia get his strawberry danish and black coffee at 9:00 am on the dot.
“I told Leanne that she should hire an actual employee and not her kin. Too lenient.” He spat onto the ground next to him as opened the door. The air was chilly so I got in quickly, trying my best to just keep my mouth shut.
Thankfully my mom had some prepare donuts prepared for him in the microwave. I warmed them up and fixed his coffee quickly before serving him.
“About time,” he muttered. As he ate his stupid danish, two more men walked into the bakery. Two men decked out in camouflage and hunting gear. It was that time of the year after all, deer season. It wasn’t too unusual to see people walk into stores looking like they just got back from war.
One of the men, who looked to be around 30, approached the counter and leaned down to my height. I’m 5’0 for those who don’t know, and he was nearly 6’0 himself.
“Hey there, sweet cheeks. Got any chocolate donuts ready yet?”
His voice was low and sweet, but not in a good way. It made me nervous.
“They’ll be ready in about 5 minutes. You alright with waiting?” I asked, taking out a pen and paper.
“Yes ma’am I am.”
He turned to his friend and laughed before looking back at me. I stared at him, confused.
“Your name?”
He pushed his sparse hair back and gave me a smirk. I had to hold myself back from cringing, what the hell was he up to?
“Jerry, but you can call me anytime.”
I wrote down anytime on the paper, and walked to the back to begin his order. When I got back the two hunters sat across from each other at one of the booths. They were midway into a conversation.
“-and Jason is a dirty liar. I’m telling you, something keeps killing all the big bucks. I’ve seen three carcasses already and it’s only a week into hunting season,” Jerry’s friend insisted. I started to eavesdrop.
“That’s nonsense. We already killed damn near every coyote in the parish, what the hell else is there here that could take down on of ‘em big ‘ole bucks? I’ve seen the carcasses too Mack, but I ain’t no god damn fool. It’s probably one of those kids without er hunting license hunting illegally and dumping the body.”
Ding ding ding!
The bell of the shop rang as someone else came rushing into the bakery. It was my old high school English teacher. His usually tidy toupee hung on for dear life, as if he had run to get here as quickly as possible. He took a second to pant wildly and catch his breath before speaking.
“Someone’s been found dead!” He exclaimed. Now this really piqued my interested.
“Calm down Mr. Samson. What happened?” I helped him sit down on one of cushioned seats and fetched him a glass of water.
Mr. Samson was an old coot, pushing his 80s. He was the second oldest person in our town, and until now I didn’t even think he was capable of running. This had to have shaken him, and I wanted every detail.
“Oh my lord Jesus. It was one of them boys that just finished high school. Sweet kid that had a bright future,” he muttered. Bright future my ass. Everyone from this town ends up here for the rest of their life or dead, and most of them deserve it.
“Hey lil Missy, might be in your best interest to not listen, gets a bit scary. Best not to fill your head with that.” Mr. Samson said between breaths. I turned away and rolled my eyes, pretending to busy myself with preparing donuts.
“Poor Gage. It was gruesome I tell you. Body is up near that hunting trail that leads to his deer stand. Found it yesterday morning.”
Gage Williams, a 20 year old man with blond hair and pretty eyes. He had a way with charming teachers to get what he wanted, one of those things was getting them to ignore the torment he and his friends put me through. Every lunch I got food thrown at me, and during P.E. I’d be the target for harassment and dodgeballs. It had gotten worse my sophomore year, where they started getting ballsy and actually started hitting me. Bunch of cowards teaming up against a small girl I say.
“What are they saying killed him?” One of the hunters, Mack I think, asked. Mr. Samson swiped his wrinkled face with a handkerchief.
“I have no idea, but they’re saying that his face is all beaten in. They were only able to identify him through his dental records, and that was still hard. Not only that, son, but he’s been hollowed out from the inside. Not a single organ in him.”
Now this is the part people would usually say, “he hurt me, but he didn’t deserve that”. I’m here to say hell yeah he deserved it, fuck him. Karmas a bitch and it comes for everyone, maybe don’t torment people to the point they have to drop out Gage. You asshole.
Wow got it a bit personal, let’s reel it back a bit before things get nasty.
I listened as I served the two hunters their donuts. The teacher downed his drink in one gulp before he started again.
“Now I don’t know if this is true or not so take it with a grain of salt, but I heard from one of the officers that after they got the body back to the coroner and left, the body went missing. Apparently they still haven’t found it. His poor mother is in hysterics.”
They all looked to the ground and let the words hang in the air for a moment. While they did that, I began thinking.
I knew where Gage’s deer stand was. I’d placed thumb tacks on his seat a while back as some petty revenge, which worked pretty well. The next day at school he was fuming, but left me alone for the most part, which was great.
I was already planning to visit the creature in the woods after my shift, why not take a look at his deer stand? It wasn’t too far away from Bastard Lake so I wouldn’t be going out of my way to check it out. Maybe I could find out what had happened, or get killed. Sounded good to me!
“Come on Mack. Let’s go and talk with the Sheriff. Whatever did that to Gage could still be out there.”
The two hunters left, but not before the tall man, Jerry, gave me his number. I promptly tossed it in the trash. Men around here were really strange, and very confusing.
Mr. Samson looked over to me and frowned. His eyes lit up with recognition and he laughed.
“Aren’t you that girl who dropped out of my class? Chasity Kite?” He asked. His tone wasn’t kind or playful, it had some kind of sinister undertone.
“Glad you’re actually able to get a job. Didn’t know people like you could do anything besides take up space.”
God, here it goes. Old people in this town really had some nerve. Most of them had some fucked up world views, but kept quiet to be polite and just gossiped in secret. Mr. Samson though, had no trouble with making people uncomfortable and being impolite.
I remained calm and quiet. I had prepared myself for this, many times.
“You mute, girl? I know you’re mentally retarded but you can at least speak when spoken to can’t you?” He got a bit louder. I turned away from his glaring eyes.
I’d met many people like this in my town. People that were different didn’t do well here. No matter how hard I tried to prove myself by having the best grades in class or being the most well behaved, I was always looked down upon.
“Mr. Samson, if you would like to continue sitting in that seat, mind your tone. I have no qualms with calling my father to escort you out.”
“Hah. Just what I’d expect from a retard, can’t do anything for yourself. What did Leanne think when she let you work here.”
He rose from his seat and walked to the door. Before leaving completely he looked back and spit on the ground.
“You watch your mouth little girl. I could call the police right now and have you committed. You already have a bad reputation.”
I closed my lips shut and stared at the ground. A low chuckle left his mouth.
“That’s what I thought. Next time I won’t be so nice.”
With that he was gone. I waited til he was out of sight to sink to the ground. My chest was tight and I began shaking. I knew this was the start of a panic attack, and I needed to get home.
I closed shop as quickly as possible, listening to loud music to distract myself. When I’d finished I called my mom on the landline.
“Hello?” My mother’s tired voice asked. I paused for a second as guilt began set in.
“Hi mom, it’s me. Can you take over? I’m... not doing great.” I said softly into the phone. I heard a heavy sigh before she replied.
“Of course baby. I’m coming. Go ahead and head home.”
She hung up before I could. I felt awful, today had been my moms day off, the only one she got this week. If only I’d been stronger she would be able to rest today.
I was gone before she got there. When I got home I headed straight to my room and cried. My shift had lasted a four hours at the most. It was 12 pm now, and I was home alone.
I stood up and grabbed my backpack. I’d already let my mom down today, I had to make myself somewhat useful. Even if I was just doing something to satiate my own curiosity.
Before I knew it I’d arrived at the church. Nearly everything was the same, besides the coyote being gone from the fountain. I was kind of glad about that though.
When I stepped in I was immediately picked up from the ground and held up by the collar of my shirt.
I closed my eyes and swung my fists wildly at whatever was holding me captive, but it didn’t budge. When I opened my eyes, they were met with the black orbs of the creature.
“Oh you’re back.” He said simply before dropping me(rather rudely I might add) onto the muddy floor. I huffed, getting to my feet and stared him down.
“Could at least put me down gently. Humans are fragile.”
He peered down at me until he sighed and rubbed his temple with his long clawed hand.
“Yes, I’m well aware. Come quick, I’d rather you leave as soon as possible.”
I ignored the last part and followed him into the nursery. It looked even more torn up than the last time I was there. He sat on the ground.
“What have you brought for me?”
“How did you... ahem, I brought some more water and this left over deer organs and meat. It’s not cooked though, sorry.”
I pulled out the water and ziplock baggies so he could see. He snatched the bag and sniffed it before tearing it open and emptying the contents into his large jaw. I grimaced at the sight.
He wiped the blood from his mouth and swiped the water from my hand. After he’d finished it he spoke.
“Animal carcasses can last me a few weeks. But I need to.. actually feed.” He muttered this more to himself than to me. I decided to not ask what he actually fed on, for my safety and sanity.
“Alright big guy, let’s get to business. I want you to tell me all you know about what’s going on here.” I said with a sternness that surprised even me.
He was silent for a moment, as if in thought.
“Hell if I know. I only got here a few days ago. Got attacked by something I couldn’t even see and ran here.” He motioned around him.
“I came here for one reason only. That reason being to get rid of someone that lives here. I’ll be out of your hair after that, kiddo.”
“Slow down, a few days? Someone you need to get rid of? What are you talking about?”
“I’ve been at this church for around four days now. Second thing is none of your business, it’s your best bet not to ask questions.”
“You... you’ve been here for at least a few weeks. I first met you nearly two weeks ago.”
I looked at his face. He seemed just as surprised as me.
“That’s isn’t possible. Here look.”
He pulled off the gauze and bandages I’d wrapped his wounds in. They all looked fresh, no more than a few days old. I stopped myself from reaching out to touch them.
“That’s strange. I visited you nearly a week ago.”
“No.. you came here yesterday. I...”
The grip he had on the water bottle tightened. Water started to pool onto the floor beside him but he didn’t seem phased by it.
I gave him a moment to process the information, but I also tried to come up with more questions. Many raced through my mind, but only one stuck out and repeated over and over again.
“Are you a wendigo?”
The look on his face nearly made me burst into laughter. His eyebrows scrunched up and lips curled into a grimace.
“Wendigos are mindless flesh eaters. They gorge themselves until they can no longer eat then eat more.”
“So you’re a skin walker?”
“God damn it. Humans see something they don’t know and automatically assume they’re a wendigo or skin walker.”
“Listen, I’m no expert, but you’re giving me some serious wendigo vibes. You just scarfed down raw organs, can you blame me?” I crossed my arms. His brows furrowed and his big black eyes stared back at me.
“Do you know what a wendigo looks like? Or a skin walker?”
“They’re like.. big and scary. Wendigo are skinny legends apparently and skin walkers are ugly bastards,” I nodded along and looked up to see if I was right.
His gray skin looked even more sickly, if that was possible. An exasperated sigh left his thin lips as he held a hand to his forehead.
Low muttering escaped his mouth. The words he spoke weren’t English, so I didn’t bother with caring about how insulting his tone sounded.
“Okay, not a skin walker or wendigo. So what are you exactly?”
I sat down in front of him crisscross apple sauce and listened. The creature rolled his eyes(how that was possible with no iris was beyond my comprehension) then began.
“I’m... something else entirely. You don’t need to know the details.”
This guy. Feeding into my curiosity unintentionally must be fun.
“Oh... by the way.”
He reached into his pocket and pulled out my phone. I nearly hugged him, I was so happy to see it.
“Found this on the ground after you left. Must of dropped it.”
He tossed it to me without a care, and I caught it. I clicked the on button to see it only had about 10 percent of battery left. That wouldn’t matter, i wouldn’t be out much longer anyways. I pocketed my phone.
“Thank you, I’ve been looking everywhere for this!” I smiled up at him. He grunted and scratched his said in response.
I stood and stretched, brushing mud off my skirt in the process. The man stared as I did, watching my movements.
“Leaving?” He asked, his tone a bit more hopeful than I would have liked.
“Yes. I’m actually going to investigate something else. A boy that I used to go to school with was found dead in the eastern side of the forest yesterday morning. I’m gonna check it out.” I pulled out the remaining water bottles from my bag and set them by the creature.
He seemed to be thinking as I turned to leave. Before I could open the nursery door he yanked me by my arm(where I hurt my shoulder), causing me to clench my teeth. He didn’t take notice of that and instead held me by the neck of my shirt like a mother dog would the scruff of her puppy.
“Listen here. That’s an awful idea. I’ve already told you that something attacked me in the forest and caused me, a seven foot tall creature with 10x the strength of a normal man to go into hiding. What makes you think you’ll come out of this unscathed?”
“I don’t care. I’ve survived getting attacked once and I’ll survive again. Even if I don’t it doesn’t matter. Besides why do you care? I thought you wanted me gone.”
I crossed my arms and looked away. The creature huffed and set me free.
“I don’t. Just don’t want your death to cause me trouble. Get killed for all I care.” He waved for me to leave.
“Good. Don’t worry, I’ll try not to die close to the church.”
With that I left, running away as fast as I could. For some reason, his words hurt me. I’m usually not one to take insults to heart, but after the incident from earlier I was feeling a bit sensitive. Even then his words really stuck to me more than they should. He was a stranger to me, and not even a human stranger at that. Why did I care that he DIDN’T care?
When I couldn’t run anymore I sat on the damp forest ground and tried to catch my breath. I’d just passed the ‘Hunting Grounds’ sign. This part of the forest held a big deer population. I quickly started walking on the trail that led to Gage’s deer stand.
The air in this part of the forest had always been uneasy and tense for me. My dad is a hunter and used to try and get me interested in the craft. I never liked it though. Hunting, killing, then skinning my first deer made me quit. I couldn’t stand the look of its dead eyes staring at me while I gutted it.
While I was in thought, I’d reached Gage’s deer stand. It was held on tall beams, covered in camouflage and old leaves. It smelt of moss and teenage B.O., which didn’t surprise me.
Police tape wrapped around trees that grew near the stand, making a protective circle. I ducked under it with ease and began my inspection.
My eyes scanned the ground. There was a greenish-yellow liquid staining the fallen leaves right under the stand. Vomit, maybe shit?
Continuing my search, I grabbed the ladder of the stand and began to climb up. It was nothing special, just a plain deer stand. I found a few porno magazines hidden under a blanket, but that was pretty much it. I was going to climb back down when I started feeling sick. I walked back in and sat on the blanket, covering my mouth. A sudden urge to puke came over me.
As I was keeled over in pain, I heard it. A soft clicking sound coming from the trees. I looked up through the only window but I saw nothing. The sound slowly became louder, approaching from behind the deer stand. A soft tap reverberated through the metal stilts of the stand. I froze completely.
Something was beneath the deer stand.
The sudden realization made me groan quietly, and I regretted it as soon as it left my lips. The tapping stopped suddenly.
Before I could do anything, something large landed on top of the stand with a crunch. I looked out the window to see the mangled face of Gage, which I could only recognize due to his stupid football jersey. I screamed in terror as his body slid down the window and landed with a wet thump onto the ground.
After that everything was a blur. Something tore open the back of the stand as if peeling apart paper and knocked me out of the stand. I only caught a glimpse of something large, white and spotted with red before I fell unconscious.
When I woke up I was covered in something cold and slimy. It was darker than before, maybe around 5-6 pmish? It’s been getting dark earlier recently.
I sighed and tried my best to take in my surroundings. Barely anything was visible, I could only make out shapes, but the smell was awful. Rotten meat with a mix of bad breath and blood.
My next move was to wiggle around. I soon realized that I was tied with something up in the air. How far up I didn’t know. I decided it was best to not wiggle out and drop to whatever was below me.
Instead, I pulled my now slime covered phone and clicked it on. 8 percent left. Goodie. I tried calling my mom, the police, anyone I could, but the calls wouldn’t go through.
“Stupid red neck WiFi. Stupid dumb me.” I muttered. I then did something I honestly regret and clicked the flashlight on my phone on.
Surrounding me were the slowly dissolving bodies of multiple people, young and old. They were covered in a greenish liquid that bubbled on their skin, causing it to liquidate and pool down their skulls.
That wasn’t even the worst part. They were all tied together with strips of human skin and organs, the intestines spilling from their bodies to trap them. I couldn’t stop myself from peering down and discovering that I too was wrapped in intestines and skin.
This time I couldn’t hold the vomit back. I emptied my lunch onto the ground and myself, which by the way, took a few seconds to splash onto the ground below. From that I could deduce that I was pretty high up. God damn it.
“Can’t get any worse than this, can it?” I mumbled through my busted lips.
Jesus Christ I wish I hadn’t said that.
The clicking sound was back, and it was so much louder and intense. The tree next to me shook at something claimed it’s trunk.
I’m going to try my best to describe what I saw.
The pale, expressionless head of a mannequin popped out of the darkness below me. I shined my light directly at it, unable to look away. As it claimed higher, I was able get a better look at the beast that had taken me.
Two mannequin torso were melded together to form a spider like abdomen, accompanied by doll arms of various lengths. It has no eyes, no face. Just a white head and body, splashed with dried blood and viscera.
It’s head twitched slightly as it tapped along the tree, before one of its legs reached body. It tapped the head with its chin a few times before moving onto the next body. It did the same, but this time after a few taps to the skull, it’s chin lifted wide to reveal a large jaw filled with hundreds of pointy white teeth. The easily tore open the mans skull and gulped down the sludge that remained inside.
It did this with a few bodies before it came upon me. I tried to keep my thumping heart quiet as it tapped my head with its chin. For a moment it stood still, almost as if it were confused. It tapped my head again, but tumors intensely. Soon the taps became more violent.
I cried out in pain, fighting against it with one arm to get it to stop. I pulled on one of its arms until I felt it tear off. This resulted in an ear splitting shriek, and the creatures retreat.
I haven’t seen the beats in about an hour now, and I’ve been writing ever since. I don’t know what I’ll do once it comes back. The smell in the air is making me sick, and gets stronger by the minute. My consciousness is fading and I don’t know how much longer I can take this.
I have to end this here. I’m posting this with what little battery I have left. Hopefully it will get through, even with how shitty the signal is out here.
I keep hearing sounds below me, and something brushed against my foot just a moment ago. If I die, then shit guess it was nice to know you guys. Feel free to call me dumb below, or actually comment some way to help my dumb ass. Either way, thanks for reading. See you later, if I’m still alive.
🌸

part 2
TW: Ableism. Please read with caution.
Hi guys! I’ve recovered from my wounds for the most part! I’ve been able to hide the scar from my mom but it’s hard to hide the pain. I am doing better though so I won’t complain. I did get myself into that after all.
Being without a phone sucks pretty bad, but being injured and having nightmares night after night of the coyote getting close enough to rip into my throat isn’t great either. Something changed about my dreams recently, though.
Two nights ago I still dreamt of the forest, but it was different. Light streamed through the trees, birds sang, and animals scurried around without care. The air seemed less heavy than it had been in years!
I turned around in a circle to take in the view. When I turned to the left I spotted her.
A woman with long brown hair looked at me from behind a tree. Once she noticed I’d seen her she stepped out and came into view. She was average height, with hair that touched the forest floor. Her skin was sun kissed and she was completely naked. The thing about her that stood out the most though was her pregnant belly. It jutted out roughly, her skin stretched almost painfully over her enlarged stomach.
For some reason I couldn’t seem to focus on her face. It was blurry, looking like a shifting mass of faces. Every time I blinked her face was different, it was strange. The woman beckoned me towards her like a mother calling to her child.
Usually, my curiously would take over, but the past few events led me to believe that this woman might not be a good person. She didn’t give off a bad or evil aura at all. Her movements were slow and graceful, like that of a dancer.
We both stood and stared at each other. After a while she tilted her head almost sadly. A large, rough looking hand emerged from behind the tree and grabbed her wrist, yanking her back. Once she had left the forest began to change.
Trees became barren, animals became walking corpses, and beasts from myth walked the earth. I was rooted to the spot. Everything cried out in pain and agony, begging for help, for MY help. Birds fell from the sky and blood began to pool under my legs, quickly flooding the forest and rising up to drown me.
Then I woke up.
I was sweating intensely. My throat was sore and my palms were clammy. I sat up and rubbed my hurt shoulder before looking at the clock next to my bed.
8:32 am.
With a tired sigh I got ready for the day. My mom had asked me to fill in for her at the bakery. Of course I agreed immediately. I needed the money and she needed the break.
The bakery my mom owns is called “Mom’s Bakes and Cakes”. The name didn’t really make sense to me, or well anyone, but it was the only place in our dusty old town that served hot pastries and fresh coffee at all times of the day so people put up with it.
Really, we call it a bakery but it’s more of a cafe. There’s tables to sit and eat at, a jukebox, and our menu is diverse.
I don’t really like this town. I live in the south(Louisiana to be specific), and people that aren’t completely normal are ostracized. Being a chubby autistic teen in high school was a death sentence. Dropping out was the only thing I could do, really. Teachers never cared about the physical and emotional torment I went through and my parents could only do so much.
Enough about boring stuff. Let’s talk about how shitty my day at the bakery was, shall we?
First of all, I got there 10 minutes late. This means the food was out on to cook later than usual. Later food means customers complain. Complaining customers give me a headache, and when I get too overstimulated I cry.
It’s really a butterfly affect. If only I’d gotten to the bakery earlier, maybe my day wouldn’t have gone that way it did.
When I first unlocked the door, there was already someone waiting. Mr. Tommy is the chief fire fighter, and also a big douchebag. He’s around 70 years old and gets extremely cranky Ossetia get his strawberry danish and black coffee at 9:00 am on the dot.
“I told Leanne that she should hire an actual employee and not her kin. Too lenient.” He spat onto the ground next to him as opened the door. The air was chilly so I got in quickly, trying my best to just keep my mouth shut.
Thankfully my mom had some prepare donuts prepared for him in the microwave. I warmed them up and fixed his coffee quickly before serving him.
“About time,” he muttered. As he ate his stupid danish, two more men walked into the bakery. Two men decked out in camouflage and hunting gear. It was that time of the year after all, deer season. It wasn’t too unusual to see people walk into stores looking like they just got back from war.
One of the men, who looked to be around 30, approached the counter and leaned down to my height. I’m 5’0 for those who don’t know, and he was nearly 6’0 himself.
“Hey there, sweet cheeks. Got any chocolate donuts ready yet?”
His voice was low and sweet, but not in a good way. It made me nervous.
“They’ll be ready in about 5 minutes. You alright with waiting?” I asked, taking out a pen and paper.
“Yes ma’am I am.”
He turned to his friend and laughed before looking back at me. I stared at him, confused.
“Your name?”
He pushed his sparse hair back and gave me a smirk. I had to hold myself back from cringing, what the hell was he up to?
“Jerry, but you can call me anytime.”
I wrote down anytime on the paper, and walked to the back to begin his order. When I got back the two hunters sat across from each other at one of the booths. They were midway into a conversation.
“-and Jason is a dirty liar. I’m telling you, something keeps killing all the big bucks. I’ve seen three carcasses already and it’s only a week into hunting season,” Jerry’s friend insisted. I started to eavesdrop.
“That’s nonsense. We already killed damn near every coyote in the parish, what the hell else is there here that could take down on of ‘em big ‘ole bucks? I’ve seen the carcasses too Mack, but I ain’t no god damn fool. It’s probably one of those kids without er hunting license hunting illegally and dumping the body.”
Ding ding ding!
The bell of the shop rang as someone else came rushing into the bakery. It was my old high school English teacher. His usually tidy toupee hung on for dear life, as if he had run to get here as quickly as possible. He took a second to pant wildly and catch his breath before speaking.
“Someone’s been found dead!” He exclaimed. Now this really piqued my interested.
“Calm down Mr. Samson. What happened?” I helped him sit down on one of cushioned seats and fetched him a glass of water.
Mr. Samson was an old coot, pushing his 80s. He was the second oldest person in our town, and until now I didn’t even think he was capable of running. This had to have shaken him, and I wanted every detail.
“Oh my lord Jesus. It was one of them boys that just finished high school. Sweet kid that had a bright future,” he muttered. Bright future my ass. Everyone from this town ends up here for the rest of their life or dead, and most of them deserve it.
“Hey lil Missy, might be in your best interest to not listen, gets a bit scary. Best not to fill your head with that.” Mr. Samson said between breaths. I turned away and rolled my eyes, pretending to busy myself with preparing donuts.
“Poor Gage. It was gruesome I tell you. Body is up near that hunting trail that leads to his deer stand. Found it yesterday morning.”
Gage Williams, a 20 year old man with blond hair and pretty eyes. He had a way with charming teachers to get what he wanted, one of those things was getting them to ignore the torment he and his friends put me through. Every lunch I got food thrown at me, and during P.E. I’d be the target for harassment and dodgeballs. It had gotten worse my sophomore year, where they started getting ballsy and actually started hitting me. Bunch of cowards teaming up against a small girl I say.
“What are they saying killed him?” One of the hunters, Mack I think, asked. Mr. Samson swiped his wrinkled face with a handkerchief.
“I have no idea, but they’re saying that his face is all beaten in. They were only able to identify him through his dental records, and that was still hard. Not only that, son, but he’s been hollowed out from the inside. Not a single organ in him.”
Now this is the part people would usually say, “he hurt me, but he didn’t deserve that”. I’m here to say hell yeah he deserved it, fuck him. Karmas a bitch and it comes for everyone, maybe don’t torment people to the point they have to drop out Gage. You asshole.
Wow got it a bit personal, let’s reel it back a bit before things get nasty.
I listened as I served the two hunters their donuts. The teacher downed his drink in one gulp before he started again.
“Now I don’t know if this is true or not so take it with a grain of salt, but I heard from one of the officers that after they got the body back to the coroner and left, the body went missing. Apparently they still haven’t found it. His poor mother is in hysterics.”
They all looked to the ground and let the words hang in the air for a moment. While they did that, I began thinking.
I knew where Gage’s deer stand was. I’d placed thumb tacks on his seat a while back as some petty revenge, which worked pretty well. The next day at school he was fuming, but left me alone for the most part, which was great.
I was already planning to visit the creature in the woods after my shift, why not take a look at his deer stand? It wasn’t too far away from Bastard Lake so I wouldn’t be going out of my way to check it out. Maybe I could find out what had happened, or get killed. Sounded good to me!
“Come on Mack. Let’s go and talk with the Sheriff. Whatever did that to Gage could still be out there.”
The two hunters left, but not before the tall man, Jerry, gave me his number. I promptly tossed it in the trash. Men around here were really strange, and very confusing.
Mr. Samson looked over to me and frowned. His eyes lit up with recognition and he laughed.
“Aren’t you that girl who dropped out of my class? Chasity Kite?” He asked. His tone wasn’t kind or playful, it had some kind of sinister undertone.
“Glad you’re actually able to get a job. Didn’t know people like you could do anything besides take up space.”
God, here it goes. Old people in this town really had some nerve. Most of them had some fucked up world views, but kept quiet to be polite and just gossiped in secret. Mr. Samson though, had no trouble with making people uncomfortable and being impolite.
I remained calm and quiet. I had prepared myself for this, many times.
“You mute, girl? I know you’re mentally retarded but you can at least speak when spoken to can’t you?” He got a bit louder. I turned away from his glaring eyes.
I’d met many people like this in my town. People that were different didn’t do well here. No matter how hard I tried to prove myself by having the best grades in class or being the most well behaved, I was always looked down upon.
“Mr. Samson, if you would like to continue sitting in that seat, mind your tone. I have no qualms with calling my father to escort you out.”
“Hah. Just what I’d expect from a retard, can’t do anything for yourself. What did Leanne think when she let you work here.”
He rose from his seat and walked to the door. Before leaving completely he looked back and spit on the ground.
“You watch your mouth little girl. I could call the police right now and have you committed. You already have a bad reputation.”
I closed my lips shut and stared at the ground. A low chuckle left his mouth.
“That’s what I thought. Next time I won’t be so nice.”
With that he was gone. I waited til he was out of sight to sink to the ground. My chest was tight and I began shaking. I knew this was the start of a panic attack, and I needed to get home.
I closed shop as quickly as possible, listening to loud music to distract myself. When I’d finished I called my mom on the landline.
“Hello?” My mother’s tired voice asked. I paused for a second as guilt began set in.
“Hi mom, it’s me. Can you take over? I’m... not doing great.” I said softly into the phone. I heard a heavy sigh before she replied.
“Of course baby. I’m coming. Go ahead and head home.”
She hung up before I could. I felt awful, today had been my moms day off, the only one she got this week. If only I’d been stronger she would be able to rest today.
I was gone before she got there. When I got home I headed straight to my room and cried. My shift had lasted a four hours at the most. It was 12 pm now, and I was home alone.
I stood up and grabbed my backpack. I’d already let my mom down today, I had to make myself somewhat useful. Even if I was just doing something to satiate my own curiosity.
Before I knew it I’d arrived at the church. Nearly everything was the same, besides the coyote being gone from the fountain. I was kind of glad about that though.
When I stepped in I was immediately picked up from the ground and held up by the collar of my shirt.
I closed my eyes and swung my fists wildly at whatever was holding me captive, but it didn’t budge. When I opened my eyes, they were met with the black orbs of the creature.
“Oh you’re back.” He said simply before dropping me(rather rudely I might add) onto the muddy floor. I huffed, getting to my feet and stared him down.
“Could at least put me down gently. Humans are fragile.”
He peered down at me until he sighed and rubbed his temple with his long clawed hand.
“Yes, I’m well aware. Come quick, I’d rather you leave as soon as possible.”
I ignored the last part and followed him into the nursery. It looked even more torn up than the last time I was there. He sat on the ground.
“What have you brought for me?”
“How did you... ahem, I brought some more water and this left over deer organs and meat. It’s not cooked though, sorry.”
I pulled out the water and ziplock baggies so he could see. He snatched the bag and sniffed it before tearing it open and emptying the contents into his large jaw. I grimaced at the sight.
He wiped the blood from his mouth and swiped the water from my hand. After he’d finished it he spoke.
“Animal carcasses can last me a few weeks. But I need to.. actually feed.” He muttered this more to himself than to me. I decided to not ask what he actually fed on, for my safety and sanity.
“Alright big guy, let’s get to business. I want you to tell me all you know about what’s going on here.” I said with a sternness that surprised even me.
He was silent for a moment, as if in thought.
“Hell if I know. I only got here a few days ago. Got attacked by something I couldn’t even see and ran here.” He motioned around him.
“I came here for one reason only. That reason being to get rid of someone that lives here. I’ll be out of your hair after that, kiddo.”
“Slow down, a few days? Someone you need to get rid of? What are you talking about?”
“I’ve been at this church for around four days now. Second thing is none of your business, it’s your best bet not to ask questions.”
“You... you’ve been here for at least a few weeks. I first met you nearly two weeks ago.”
I looked at his face. He seemed just as surprised as me.
“That’s isn’t possible. Here look.”
He pulled off the gauze and bandages I’d wrapped his wounds in. They all looked fresh, no more than a few days old. I stopped myself from reaching out to touch them.
“That’s strange. I visited you nearly a week ago.”
“No.. you came here yesterday. I...”
The grip he had on the water bottle tightened. Water started to pool onto the floor beside him but he didn’t seem phased by it.
I gave him a moment to process the information, but I also tried to come up with more questions. Many raced through my mind, but only one stuck out and repeated over and over again.
“Are you a wendigo?”
The look on his face nearly made me burst into laughter. His eyebrows scrunched up and lips curled into a grimace.
“Wendigos are mindless flesh eaters. They gorge themselves until they can no longer eat then eat more.”
“So you’re a skin walker?”
“God damn it. Humans see something they don’t know and automatically assume they’re a wendigo or skin walker.”
“Listen, I’m no expert, but you’re giving me some serious wendigo vibes. You just scarfed down raw organs, can you blame me?” I crossed my arms. His brows furrowed and his big black eyes stared back at me.
“Do you know what a wendigo looks like? Or a skin walker?”
“They’re like.. big and scary. Wendigo are skinny legends apparently and skin walkers are ugly bastards,” I nodded along and looked up to see if I was right.
His gray skin looked even more sickly, if that was possible. An exasperated sigh left his thin lips as he held a hand to his forehead.
Low muttering escaped his mouth. The words he spoke weren’t English, so I didn’t bother with caring about how insulting his tone sounded.
“Okay, not a skin walker or wendigo. So what are you exactly?”
I sat down in front of him crisscross apple sauce and listened. The creature rolled his eyes(how that was possible with no iris was beyond my comprehension) then began.
“I’m... something else entirely. You don’t need to know the details.”
This guy. Feeding into my curiosity unintentionally must be fun.
“Oh... by the way.”
He reached into his pocket and pulled out my phone. I nearly hugged him, I was so happy to see it.
“Found this on the ground after you left. Must of dropped it.”
He tossed it to me without a care, and I caught it. I clicked the on button to see it only had about 10 percent of battery left. That wouldn’t matter, i wouldn’t be out much longer anyways. I pocketed my phone.
“Thank you, I’ve been looking everywhere for this!” I smiled up at him. He grunted and scratched his said in response.
I stood and stretched, brushing mud off my skirt in the process. The man stared as I did, watching my movements.
“Leaving?” He asked, his tone a bit more hopeful than I would have liked.
“Yes. I’m actually going to investigate something else. A boy that I used to go to school with was found dead in the eastern side of the forest yesterday morning. I’m gonna check it out.” I pulled out the remaining water bottles from my bag and set them by the creature.
He seemed to be thinking as I turned to leave. Before I could open the nursery door he yanked me by my arm(where I hurt my shoulder), causing me to clench my teeth. He didn’t take notice of that and instead held me by the neck of my shirt like a mother dog would the scruff of her puppy.
“Listen here. That’s an awful idea. I’ve already told you that something attacked me in the forest and caused me, a seven foot tall creature with 10x the strength of a normal man to go into hiding. What makes you think you’ll come out of this unscathed?”
“I don’t care. I’ve survived getting attacked once and I’ll survive again. Even if I don’t it doesn’t matter. Besides why do you care? I thought you wanted me gone.”
I crossed my arms and looked away. The creature huffed and set me free.
“I don’t. Just don’t want your death to cause me trouble. Get killed for all I care.” He waved for me to leave.
“Good. Don’t worry, I’ll try not to die close to the church.”
With that I left, running away as fast as I could. For some reason, his words hurt me. I’m usually not one to take insults to heart, but after the incident from earlier I was feeling a bit sensitive. Even then his words really stuck to me more than they should. He was a stranger to me, and not even a human stranger at that. Why did I care that he DIDN’T care?
When I couldn’t run anymore I sat on the damp forest ground and tried to catch my breath. I’d just passed the ‘Hunting Grounds’ sign. This part of the forest held a big deer population. I quickly started walking on the trail that led to Gage’s deer stand.
The air in this part of the forest had always been uneasy and tense for me. My dad is a hunter and used to try and get me interested in the craft. I never liked it though. Hunting, killing, then skinning my first deer made me quit. I couldn’t stand the look of its dead eyes staring at me while I gutted it.
While I was in thought, I’d reached Gage’s deer stand. It was held on tall beams, covered in camouflage and old leaves. It smelt of moss and teenage B.O., which didn’t surprise me.
Police tape wrapped around trees that grew near the stand, making a protective circle. I ducked under it with ease and began my inspection.
My eyes scanned the ground. There was a greenish-yellow liquid staining the fallen leaves right under the stand. Vomit, maybe shit?
Continuing my search, I grabbed the ladder of the stand and began to climb up. It was nothing special, just a plain deer stand. I found a few porno magazines hidden under a blanket, but that was pretty much it. I was going to climb back down when I started feeling sick. I walked back in and sat on the blanket, covering my mouth. A sudden urge to puke came over me.
As I was keeled over in pain, I heard it. A soft clicking sound coming from the trees. I looked up through the only window but I saw nothing. The sound slowly became louder, approaching from behind the deer stand. A soft tap reverberated through the metal stilts of the stand. I froze completely.
Something was beneath the deer stand.
The sudden realization made me groan quietly, and I regretted it as soon as it left my lips. The tapping stopped suddenly.
Before I could do anything, something large landed on top of the stand with a crunch. I looked out the window to see the mangled face of Gage, which I could only recognize due to his stupid football jersey. I screamed in terror as his body slid down the window and landed with a wet thump onto the ground.
After that everything was a blur. Something tore open the back of the stand as if peeling apart paper and knocked me out of the stand. I only caught a glimpse of something large, white and spotted with red before I fell unconscious.
When I woke up I was covered in something cold and slimy. It was darker than before, maybe around 5-6 pmish? It’s been getting dark earlier recently.
I sighed and tried my best to take in my surroundings. Barely anything was visible, I could only make out shapes, but the smell was awful. Rotten meat with a mix of bad breath and blood.
My next move was to wiggle around. I soon realized that I was tied with something up in the air. How far up I didn’t know. I decided it was best to not wiggle out and drop to whatever was below me.
Instead, I pulled my now slime covered phone and clicked it on. 8 percent left. Goodie. I tried calling my mom, the police, anyone I could, but the calls wouldn’t go through.
“Stupid red neck WiFi. Stupid dumb me.” I muttered. I then did something I honestly regret and clicked the flashlight on my phone on.
Surrounding me were the slowly dissolving bodies of multiple people, young and old. They were covered in a greenish liquid that bubbled on their skin, causing it to liquidate and pool down their skulls.
That wasn’t even the worst part. They were all tied together with strips of human skin and organs, the intestines spilling from their bodies to trap them. I couldn’t stop myself from peering down and discovering that I too was wrapped in intestines and skin.
This time I couldn’t hold the vomit back. I emptied my lunch onto the ground and myself, which by the way, took a few seconds to splash onto the ground below. From that I could deduce that I was pretty high up. God damn it.
“Can’t get any worse than this, can it?” I mumbled through my busted lips.
Jesus Christ I wish I hadn’t said that.
The clicking sound was back, and it was so much louder and intense. The tree next to me shook at something claimed it’s trunk.
I’m going to try my best to describe what I saw.
The pale, expressionless head of a mannequin popped out of the darkness below me. I shined my light directly at it, unable to look away. As it claimed higher, I was able get a better look at the beast that had taken me.
Two mannequin torso were melded together to form a spider like abdomen, accompanied by doll arms of various lengths. It has no eyes, no face. Just a white head and body, splashed with dried blood and viscera.
It’s head twitched slightly as it tapped along the tree, before one of its legs reached body. It tapped the head with its chin a few times before moving onto the next body. It did the same, but this time after a few taps to the skull, it’s chin lifted wide to reveal a large jaw filled with hundreds of pointy white teeth. The easily tore open the mans skull and gulped down the sludge that remained inside.
It did this with a few bodies before it came upon me. I tried to keep my thumping heart quiet as it tapped my head with its chin. For a moment it stood still, almost as if it were confused. It tapped my head again, but tumors intensely. Soon the taps became more violent.
I cried out in pain, fighting against it with one arm to get it to stop. I pulled on one of its arms until I felt it tear off. This resulted in an ear splitting shriek, and the creatures retreat.
I haven’t seen the beats in about an hour now, and I’ve been writing ever since. I don’t know what I’ll do once it comes back. The smell in the air is making me sick, and gets stronger by the minute. My consciousness is fading and I don’t know how much longer I can take this.
I have to end this here. I’m posting this with what little battery I have left. Hopefully it will get through, even with how shitty the signal is out here.
I keep hearing sounds below me, and something brushed against my foot just a moment ago. If I die, then shit guess it was nice to know you guys. Feel free to call me dumb below, or actually comment some way to help my dumb ass. Either way, thanks for reading. See you later, if I’m still alive.
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Busy one today. This latest Q&A is aimed at what the EFL's next steps are likely to be, how people feel about the various options being spoken about and whether we really want another ball to be kicked this season or not.

• Phil's not convinced the Championship will finish. There is a chance it will and at the moment everyone's looking at the 25th May to begin training but the breathing space to fit the season in before the deadline on 31st July has pretty much gone now. The FA's insisting on sporting merit being used to decide things so Leeds should be promoted in that case but if the PL's bottom three mount a campaign to block relegation things will get messy.
  
• He says that Leeds are obviously looking good in terms of PPG and current league position so they've been able to stay fairly quiet publicly about how this could play out, especially as the FA have said we won't allow relegation to be blocked. He says the club have seemed fairly relaxed from the start and feel they're in a good position, ready to play out the season but deserving of promotion if that can't be done but obviously you can't count chickens before they've hatched. Haven't been taking legal advice on a null and void situation because they don't expect it to happen. Leeds are confident that one way or another they'll end up promoted.
  
• The FA have been clear that they want everything to be decided on sporting merit and that voiding can't happen. Phil warns not to underestimate the power of the PL though.
  
• Says that there's enough time to play out the season if that's what's decided although it will be packed into an unnaturally short timeframe. There will be a problem if there's another delay to the start of training though, if they keep delaying they'll get to a point where they just can't fit 9 games + playoffs in before the 31st July deadline for finishing the season.
  
• Says that the PL's bottom six aren't the only ones asking for leagues to be stopped now, there are others in various places in various leagues with concerns over health and logistics. However, no club should be able to use this as an excuse to have relegation scrapped which is why the FA have said that the PL must relegate teams. Repercussions and challenges feel inevitable to Phil if/when that happens without playing the remaining games.
  
• In regards to comments from PL clubs/people involved with them recently about blocking promotion, Phil says that he doesn't feel like anyone thinks it's a credible argument. The FA wants sporting merit to be applied and if the PL tries to avoid that it will be chaos. Found it interesting that Tyler Roberts has said the players want to play the last 9 games to win promotion on the field and also to rid them of being reminded of losing it last season. The players as a group are really keen to play it out. They've been training as close as they can to full tilt right the way through so are 100% ready to start again if the EFL says they should. Bielsa was ready to begin on the 16th before the date was put back. All they'd need is a little time to get to peak Bielsa levels of fitness. They're all back in the country now and Phil hasn't heard of any virus-related issues for any of them. Phil says he thinks Leeds' chances of promotion if they play out the last nine games would be very high.
  
• He doesn't see the logic in PL clubs trying to block it either. Says that anyone in the bottom three after 38 games deserves to go down, they've had their chance and weren't good enough. It's also not their prerogative to decide how or if three teams replace them.
  
• Still plenty of pressure from Champ clubs to finish the season as they're wary of having to repay TV money plus there's still so many clubs who could make the playoffs. Championship is better placed to finish the season behind closed doors than Leagues 1 & 2 but it's all down to government and medical advice. Says the EFL won't just promote Fulham as the third placed team.
  
• In response to a question about potential investment if we go up, Phil says that Radz is open to it if there's an offer on the table he likes. When he's spoken about QSI he's always talked about it as an option if we're in the PL. The other side of the coin is that with the rise in income there could be scope to keep shares split between him and the 49ers as they are currently
  
• Phil's not in any doubt that Leeds have earned promotion up to this point in the sense of being clearly one of the two best teams over 37 games and for a huge chunk of the last two seasons. Leeds weren't asking for this interruption and it's not their fault, we'd been on a tear when play was suspended. Says Fulham (and others) had the chance to turn the screw and take 2nd place for themselves over January/early Feb and didn't take it and now it's a long way back for them.
  
• Agrees with one comment that if you take a step back and try and look at things neutrally, the idea getting things restarted can look like pie in the sky. But they're absolutely trying to make it happen anyway.
  
• Phil believes that the argument not to play does get more difficult as other industries also return. Also begs the question, if they're not happy to return now then when? The virus isn't going to go away and it will still be here when next season is supposed to start. Of course safety must be considered but at some point society has to start functioning again and that includes football. Says it's not a good look on the PL bottom six to make excuses as they have been and while some of those excuses may be legitimate they have to be careful not to appear self-serving.
  
• Phil says that if he was a Leeds fan himself then he'd find the idea of promotion being won in a boardroom or behind closed doors hard to take after 15 years of misery and mediocrity. Football's all about memories and he hates the idea of Leeds being promoted to the Premier League via an email from the EFL but on the other hand Leeds deserve it on the basis of results so far and have been fighting for this for so long. Says some of what has been mooted at PL level has been fanciful to the point of desperate.
  
• Similarly he says it's sad that even if we are promoted it won't be the Premier League we all expected to find in the event of being promoted someday. A lot of the season will be behind closed doors and that's not what the players nor Bielsa deserve. However, we've been treated by what we've been given these last two years and that shouldn't be forgotten whatever happens. It'll be hard to look back on the memories of these last two years as anything other than a fabulous adventure. Phil feels sorry for Bielsa not getting the promotion/PL season he deserves and says that Bielsa would want that for us as fans as well.
  
• It feels to Phil like the EFL/Championship is in the PL's slipstream, waiting to react to what the PL does. If the PL get games going again many in the Championship will feel like they should too but the Championship has more teams and more games to complete which makes it more complex to do.
  
• Expects clubs to be very careful with money when the transfer window reopens and certain teams will be more vulnerable than usual to bids for key players. Doesn't expect Leeds to be hugely affected, they've been continuing to scout and monitor targets but the window as a whole will be a strange one.
  
• Thinks it'd be unfair to just promote/relegate two teams and cancel playoffs. Why should a third club miss out on promotion and third bottom in the PL be granted a reprieve? Even if they settled the top two on PPG Phil says it shouldn't be too difficult to stage the playoffs alone.
  
• One person floated the idea of using the break to align the season with the calendar year to fit in the World Cup in 2022. Broadcasting contracts make this pretty much impossible though and it would be difficult to then restructure seasons after the World Cup to return to an Aug-May schedule. Says the rush to get it all finished has bordered on desperation, one reason why it's all been so messy and looked ridiculous at times.
  
• Phil admits it's strange to be considering playing in a few weeks when we still have hundreds of people dying every day. He says it's all eyes on Germany right now and if they can make it work then it stands to reason that others can too. Potential for a PR disaster too though with extra pressure on emergency services and the threat of players/staff getting the virus. Phil says they'll be mindful of that but perhaps less mindful than they will be of TV money they could lose.
  
• Loans/contracts aren't secure at this stage. Leeds would need to come to an agreement with Berardi for him to play beyond the 30th June. He expects a blanket agreement across all leagues for loans though, most teams would suffer to some extent without their loanees so it makes sense for everyone to sort that out. Bielsa will stay until this season is settled and Phil expects him to continue for another year if we're promoted. If we aren't then all bets are off. No one expected him to have a third go at this league before the pandemic hit but missing out due to COVID-19 is not the same as missing out on the pitch. Would that be different for Bielsa, enough to push him to stay for one more year?
  
• No one's yet nailed down whether five substitutes would be allowed in the Championship. Phil points out all it would do for Leeds is give Bielsa two more subs to not use.
  
• An article on The Athletic previously mentioned a figure of £30m to be paid back to TV companies by Championship clubs if the season ends early. There are some clubs who would rather pay that back than pay for costs involved in staging games in this climate but that isn't the dominant view. Most clubs want to play and don't want to pay anything back to Sky, they're already at risk of having to pay other commercial refunds.
  
• If the PL plays out and the Championship doesn't you could end up with one set of teams having played through summer, had an unusually short break and then started a new season while a 2/3 may not have played at all between March and September. Phil says that could work in Leeds' favour with players fresher but that most footballers prefer to keep at it and that very few really switch off over summer anyway.
  
• JKA has apparently got himself in a condition to take part in full training if/when it returns now. He looks like a genuine asset now when it looked before like he'd play little part in the final nine games.
  
• Leeds will play in Kappa until this season is finished one way or another before moving to Adidas for next season.
  
• We are apparently being linked with Juan Foyth (again) from Spurs. Phil says he hasn't heard him mentioned as a concrete target though.
  
• Phil heard from a source at another Championship club that testing for players should football return could cost each club £20k p/w. It's a big deal, especially for those at the lower end of the Championship money scale and there have been whispers that the PL would have to help finance it.
  
• On the subject of FFP, clubs who are within the limits think that those who either aren't or will miss them because of COVID-19 should be punished the same as usual.
  
• Phil's gut feeling is still that Kalvin Phillips is more likely to leave even if it's only the virus that stops us being promoted.
  

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composition comprehensive computer concentrate concentration concept concern concerned concert conclude conclusion concrete condition conduct conference confidence confident confirm conflict confront confusion Congress congressional connect connection consciousness consensus consequence conservative consider considerable consideration consist consistent constant constantly constitute constitutional construct construction consultant consume consumer consumption contact contain container contemporary content contest context continue continued contract contrast contribute contribution control controversial controversy convention conventional conversation convert conviction convince cook cookie cooking cool cooperation cop cope copy core corn corner corporate corporation correct correspondent cost cotton couch could council counselor count counter country county couple courage course court cousin cover coverage cow crack craft crash crazy cream create creation creative creature credit crew crime criminal crisis criteria critic critical criticism criticize crop cross crowd crucial cry cultural culture cup curious current currently curriculum custom customer cut cycle dad daily damage dance danger dangerous dare dark darkness data date daughter day dead deal dealer dear death debate debt decade decide decision deck declare decline decrease deep deeply deer defeat defend defendant defense defensive deficit define definitely definition degree delay deliver delivery demand democracy Democrat democratic demonstrate demonstration deny department depend dependent depending depict depression depth deputy derive describe description desert deserve design designer desire desk desperate despite destroy destruction detail detailed detect determine develop developing development device devote dialogue die diet differ difference different differently difficult difficulty dig digital dimension dining dinner direct direction directly director dirt dirty disability disagree disappear disaster discipline discourse discover discovery discrimination discuss discussion disease dish dismiss disorder display dispute distance distant distinct distinction distinguish distribute distribution district diverse diversity divide division divorce DNA do doctor document dog domestic dominant dominate door double doubt down downtown dozen draft drag drama dramatic dramatically draw drawing dream dress drink drive driver drop drug dry due during dust duty each eager ear early earn earnings earth ease easily east eastern easy eat economic economics economist economy edge edition editor educate education educational educator effect effective effectively efficiency efficient effort egg eight either elderly elect election electric electricity electronic element elementary eliminate elite else elsewhere e-mail embrace emerge emergency emission emotion emotional emphasis emphasize employ employee employer employment empty enable encounter encourage end enemy energy enforcement engage engine engineer engineering English enhance enjoy enormous enough ensure enter enterprise entertainment entire entirely entrance entry environment environmental episode equal equally equipment era error escape especially essay essential essentially establish establishment estate estimate etc ethics ethnic European evaluate evaluation even evening event eventually ever every everybody everyday everyone everything everywhere evidence evolution evolve exact exactly examination examine example exceed excellent except exception exchange exciting executive exercise exhibit exhibition exist existence existing expand expansion expect expectation expense expensive experience experiment expert explain explanation explode explore explosion expose exposure express expression extend extension extensive extent external extra extraordinary extreme extremely eye fabric face facility fact factor factory faculty fade fail failure fair fairly faith fall false familiar family famous fan fantasy far farm farmer fashion fast fat fate father fault favor favorite fear feature federal fee feed feel feeling fellow female fence few fewer fiber fiction field fifteen fifth fifty fight fighter fighting figure file fill film final finally finance financial find finding fine finger finish fire firm first fish fishing fit fitness five fix flag flame flat flavor flee flesh flight float floor flow flower fly focus folk follow following food foot football for force foreign forest forever forget form formal formation former formula forth fortune forward found foundation founder four fourth frame framework free freedom freeze French frequency frequent frequently fresh friend friendly friendship from front fruit frustration fuel full fully fun function fund fundamental funding funeral funny furniture furthermore future gain galaxy gallery game gang gap garage garden garlic gas gate gather gay gaze gear gender gene general generally generate generation genetic gentleman gently German gesture get ghost giant gift gifted girl girlfriend give given glad glance glass global glove go goal God gold golden golf good government governor grab grade gradually graduate grain grand grandfather grandmother grant grass grave gray great greatest green grocery ground group grow growing growth guarantee guard guess guest guide guideline guilty gun guy habit habitat hair half hall hand handful handle hang happen happy hard hardly hat hate have he head headline headquarters health healthy hear hearing heart heat heaven heavily heavy heel height helicopter hell hello help helpful her here heritage hero herself hey hi hide high highlight highly highway hill him himself hip hire his historian historic historical history hit hold hole holiday holy home homeless honest honey honor hope horizon horror horse hospital host hot hotel hour house household housing how however huge human humor hundred hungry hunter hunting hurt husband hypothesis I ice idea ideal identification identify identity ie if ignore ill illegal illness illustrate image imagination imagine immediate immediately immigrant immigration impact implement implication imply importance important impose impossible impress impression impressive improve improvement in incentive incident include including income incorporate increase increased increasing increasingly incredible indeed independence independent index Indian indicate indication individual industrial industry infant infection inflation influence inform information ingredient initial initially initiative injury inner innocent inquiry inside insight insist inspire install instance instead institution institutional instruction instructor instrument insurance intellectual intelligence intend intense intensity intention interaction interest interested interesting internal international Internet interpret interpretation intervention interview into introduce introduction invasion invest investigate investigation investigator investment investor invite involve involved 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mail main mainly maintain maintenance major majority make maker makeup male mall man manage management manager manner manufacturer manufacturing many map margin mark market marketing marriage married marry mask mass massive master match material math matter may maybe mayor me meal mean meaning meanwhile measure measurement meat mechanism media medical medication medicine medium meet meeting member membership memory mental mention menu mere merely mess message metal meter method Mexican middle might military milk million mind mine minister minor minority minute miracle mirror miss missile mission mistake mix mixture mm-hmm mode model moderate modern modest mom moment money monitor month mood moon moral more moreover morning mortgage most mostly mother motion motivation motor mount mountain mouse mouth move movement movie Mr Mrs Ms much multiple murder muscle museum music musical musician Muslim must mutual my myself mystery myth naked name narrative narrow nation national native natural naturally nature near nearby nearly necessarily necessary neck need negative negotiate negotiation neighbor neighborhood neither nerve nervous net network never nevertheless new newly news newspaper next nice night nine no nobody nod noise nomination none nonetheless nor normal normally north northern nose not note nothing notice notion novel now nowhere n't nuclear number numerous nurse nut object objective obligation observation observe observer obtain obvious obviously occasion occasionally occupation occupy occur ocean odd odds of off offense offensive offer office officer official often oh oil ok okay old Olympic on once one ongoing onion online only onto open opening operate operating operation operator opinion opponent opportunity oppose opposite opposition option or orange order ordinary organic organization organize orientation origin original originally other others otherwise ought our ourselves out outcome outside oven over overall overcome overlook owe own owner pace pack package page pain painful paint painter painting pair pale Palestinian palm pan panel pant paper parent park parking part participant participate participation particular particularly partly partner partnership party pass passage passenger passion past patch path patient pattern pause pay payment PC peace peak peer penalty people pepper per perceive percentage perception perfect perfectly perform performance perhaps period permanent permission permit person personal personality personally personnel perspective persuade pet phase phenomenon philosophy phone photo photograph photographer phrase physical physically physician piano pick picture pie piece pile pilot pine pink pipe pitch place plan plane planet planning plant plastic plate platform play player please pleasure plenty plot plus PM pocket poem poet poetry point pole police policy political politically politician politics poll pollution pool poor pop popular population porch port portion portrait portray pose position positive possess possibility possible possibly post pot potato potential potentially pound pour poverty powder power powerful practical practice pray prayer precisely predict prefer preference pregnancy pregnant preparation prepare prescription presence present presentation preserve president presidential press pressure pretend pretty prevent previous previously price pride priest primarily primary prime principal principle print prior priority prison prisoner privacy private probably problem procedure proceed process produce producer product production profession professional professor profile profit program progress project prominent promise promote prompt proof proper properly property proportion proposal propose proposed prosecutor prospect protect protection protein protest proud prove provide provider province provision psychological psychologist psychology public publication publicly publish publisher pull punishment purchase pure purpose pursue push put qualify quality quarter quarterback question quick quickly quiet quietly quit quite quote race racial radical radio rail rain raise range rank rapid rapidly rare rarely rate rather rating ratio raw reach react reaction read reader reading ready real reality realize really reason reasonable recall receive recent recently recipe recognition recognize recommend recommendation record recording recover recovery recruit red reduce reduction refer reference reflect reflection reform refugee refuse regard regarding regardless regime region regional register regular regularly regulate regulation reinforce reject relate relation relationship relative relatively relax release relevant relief religion religious rely remain remaining remarkable remember remind remote remove repeat repeatedly replace reply report reporter represent representation representative Republican reputation request require requirement research researcher resemble reservation resident resist resistance resolution resolve resort resource respect respond respondent response responsibility responsible rest restaurant restore restriction result retain retire retirement return reveal revenue review revolution rhythm rice rich rid ride rifle right ring rise risk river road rock role roll romantic roof room root rope rose rough roughly round route routine row rub rule run running rural rush Russian sacred sad safe safety sake salad salary sale sales salt same sample sanction sand satellite satisfaction satisfy sauce save saving say scale scandal scared scenario scene schedule scheme scholar scholarship school science scientific scientist scope score scream screen script sea search season seat second secret secretary section sector secure security see seed seek seem segment seize select selection self sell Senate senator send senior sense sensitive sentence separate sequence series serious seriously serve service session set setting settle settlement seven several severe sex sexual shade shadow shake shall shape share sharp she sheet shelf shell shelter shift shine ship shirt shit shock shoe shoot shooting shop shopping shore short shortly shot should shoulder shout show shower shrug shut sick side sigh sight sign signal significance significant significantly silence silent silver similar similarly simple simply sin since sing singer single sink sir sister sit site situation six size ski skill skin sky slave sleep slice slide slight slightly slip slow slowly small smart smell smile smoke smooth snap snow so so-called soccer social society soft software soil solar soldier solid solution solve some somebody somehow someone something sometimes somewhat somewhere son song soon sophisticated sorry sort soul sound soup source south southern Soviet space Spanish speak speaker special specialist species specific specifically speech speed spend spending spin spirit spiritual split spokesman sport spot spread spring square squeeze stability stable staff stage stair stake stand standard standing star stare start state statement station statistics status stay steady steal steel step stick still stir stock stomach stone stop storage store storm story straight strange stranger strategic strategy stream street strength strengthen stress stretch strike string strip stroke strong strongly structure struggle student studio study stuff stupid style subject submit subsequent substance substantial succeed success successful successfully such sudden suddenly sue suffer sufficient sugar suggest suggestion suicide suit summer summit sun super supply support supporter suppose supposed Supreme sure surely surface surgery surprise surprised surprising surprisingly surround survey survival survive survivor suspect sustain swear sweep sweet swim swing switch symbol symptom system table tablespoon tactic tail take tale talent talk tall tank tap tape target task taste tax taxpayer tea teach teacher teaching team tear teaspoon technical technique technology teen teenager telephone telescope television tell temperature temporary ten tend tendency tennis tension tent term terms terrible territory terror terrorism terrorist test testify testimony testing text than thank thanks that the theater their them theme themselves then theory therapy there therefore these they thick thin thing think thinking third thirty this those though thought thousand threat threaten three throat through throughout throw thus ticket tie tight time tiny tip tire tired tissue title to tobacco today toe together tomato tomorrow tone tongue tonight too tool tooth top topic toss total totally touch tough tour tourist tournament toward towards tower town toy trace track trade tradition traditional traffic tragedy trail train training transfer transform transformation transition translate transportation travel treat treatment treaty tree tremendous trend trial tribe trick trip troop trouble truck true truly trust truth try tube tunnel turn TV twelve twenty twice twin two type typical typically ugly ultimate ultimately unable uncle under undergo understand understanding unfortunately uniform union unique unit United universal universe university unknown unless unlike unlikely until unusual up upon upper urban urge us use used useful user usual usually utility vacation valley valuable value variable variation variety various vary vast vegetable vehicle venture version versus very vessel veteran via victim victory video view viewer village violate violation violence violent virtually virtue virus visible vision visit visitor visual vital voice volume volunteer vote voter vs vulnerable wage wait wake walk wall wander want war warm warn warning wash waste watch water wave way we weak wealth wealthy weapon wear weather wedding week weekend weekly weigh weight welcome welfare well west western wet what whatever wheel when whenever where whereas whether which while whisper white who whole whom whose why wide widely widespread wife wild will willing win wind window wine wing winner winter wipe wire wisdom wise wish with withdraw within without witness woman wonder wonderful wood wooden word work worker working works workshop world worried worry worth would wound wrap write writer writing wrong yard yeah year yell yellow yes yesterday yet yield you young your yours yourself youth zone

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behind being belief believe bell belong below belt bench bend beneath benefit beside besides best bet better between beyond Bible big bike bill billion bind biological bird birth birthday bit bite black blade blame blanket blind block blood blow blue board boat body bomb bombing bond bone book boom boot border born borrow boss both bother bottle bottom boundary bowl box boy boyfriend brain branch brand bread break breakfast breast breath breathe brick bridge brief briefly bright brilliant bring British broad broken brother brown brush buck budget build building bullet bunch burden burn bury bus business busy but butter button buy buyer by cabin cabinet cable cake calculate call camera camp campaign campus can Canadian cancer candidate cap capability capable capacity capital captain capture car carbon card care career careful carefully carrier carry case cash cast cat catch category Catholic cause ceiling celebrate celebration celebrity cell center central century CEO ceremony certain 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composition comprehensive computer concentrate concentration concept concern concerned concert conclude conclusion concrete condition conduct conference confidence confident confirm conflict confront confusion Congress congressional connect connection consciousness consensus consequence conservative consider considerable consideration consist consistent constant constantly constitute constitutional construct construction consultant consume consumer consumption contact contain container contemporary content contest context continue continued contract contrast contribute contribution control controversial controversy convention conventional conversation convert conviction convince cook cookie cooking cool cooperation cop cope copy core corn corner corporate corporation correct correspondent cost cotton couch could council counselor count counter country county couple courage course court cousin cover coverage cow crack craft crash crazy cream create creation creative creature credit crew crime criminal crisis criteria critic critical criticism criticize crop cross crowd crucial cry cultural culture cup curious current currently curriculum custom customer cut cycle dad daily damage dance danger dangerous dare dark darkness data date daughter day dead deal dealer dear death debate debt decade decide decision deck declare decline decrease deep deeply deer defeat defend defendant defense defensive deficit define definitely definition degree delay deliver delivery demand democracy Democrat democratic demonstrate demonstration deny department depend dependent depending depict depression depth deputy derive describe description desert deserve design designer desire desk desperate despite destroy destruction detail detailed detect determine develop developing development device devote dialogue die diet differ difference different differently difficult difficulty dig digital dimension dining dinner direct direction directly director dirt dirty disability disagree disappear disaster discipline discourse discover discovery discrimination discuss discussion disease dish dismiss disorder display dispute distance distant distinct distinction distinguish distribute distribution district diverse diversity divide division divorce DNA do doctor document dog domestic dominant dominate door double doubt down downtown dozen draft drag drama dramatic dramatically draw drawing dream dress drink drive driver drop drug dry due during dust duty each eager ear early earn earnings earth ease easily east eastern easy eat economic economics economist economy edge edition editor educate education educational educator effect effective effectively efficiency efficient effort egg eight either elderly elect election electric electricity electronic element elementary eliminate elite else elsewhere e-mail embrace emerge emergency emission emotion emotional emphasis emphasize employ employee employer employment empty enable encounter encourage end enemy energy enforcement engage engine engineer engineering English enhance enjoy enormous enough ensure enter enterprise entertainment entire entirely entrance entry environment environmental episode equal equally equipment era error escape especially essay essential essentially establish establishment estate estimate etc ethics ethnic European evaluate evaluation even evening event eventually ever every everybody everyday everyone everything everywhere evidence evolution evolve exact exactly examination examine example exceed excellent except exception exchange exciting executive exercise exhibit exhibition exist existence existing expand expansion expect expectation expense expensive experience experiment expert explain explanation explode explore explosion expose exposure express expression extend extension extensive extent external extra extraordinary extreme extremely eye fabric face facility fact factor factory faculty fade fail failure fair fairly faith fall false familiar family famous fan fantasy far farm farmer fashion fast fat fate father fault favor favorite fear feature federal fee feed feel feeling fellow female fence few fewer fiber fiction field fifteen fifth fifty fight fighter fighting figure file fill film final finally finance financial find finding fine finger finish fire firm first fish fishing fit fitness five fix flag flame flat flavor flee flesh flight float floor flow flower fly focus folk follow following food foot football for force foreign forest forever forget form formal formation former formula forth fortune forward found foundation founder four fourth frame framework free freedom freeze French frequency frequent frequently fresh friend friendly friendship from front fruit frustration fuel full fully fun function fund fundamental funding funeral funny furniture furthermore future gain galaxy gallery game gang gap garage garden garlic gas gate gather gay gaze gear gender gene general generally generate generation genetic gentleman gently German gesture get ghost giant gift gifted girl girlfriend give given glad glance glass global glove go goal God gold golden golf good government governor grab grade gradually graduate grain grand grandfather grandmother grant grass grave gray great greatest green grocery ground group grow growing growth guarantee guard guess guest guide guideline guilty gun guy habit habitat hair half hall hand handful handle hang happen happy hard hardly hat hate have he head headline headquarters health healthy hear hearing heart heat heaven heavily heavy heel height helicopter hell hello help helpful her here heritage hero herself hey hi hide high highlight highly highway hill him himself hip hire his historian historic historical history hit hold hole holiday holy home homeless honest honey honor hope horizon horror horse hospital host hot hotel hour house household housing how however huge human humor hundred hungry hunter hunting hurt husband hypothesis I ice idea ideal identification identify identity ie if ignore ill illegal illness illustrate image imagination imagine immediate immediately immigrant immigration impact implement implication imply importance important impose impossible impress impression impressive improve improvement in incentive incident include including income incorporate increase increased increasing increasingly incredible indeed independence independent index Indian indicate indication individual industrial industry infant infection inflation influence inform information ingredient initial initially initiative injury inner innocent inquiry inside insight insist inspire install instance instead institution institutional instruction instructor instrument insurance intellectual intelligence intend intense intensity intention interaction interest interested interesting internal international Internet interpret interpretation intervention interview into introduce introduction invasion invest investigate investigation investigator investment investor invite involve involved involvement Iraqi Irish iron Islamic island Israeli issue it Italian item its itself jacket jail Japanese jet Jew Jewish job join joint joke journal journalist journey joy judge judgment juice jump junior jury just justice justify keep key kick kid kill killer killing kind king kiss kitchen knee knife knock know knowledge lab label labor laboratory lack lady lake land landscape language lap large largely last late later Latin latter laugh launch law lawn lawsuit lawyer lay layer lead leader leadership leading leaf league lean learn learning least leather leave left leg legacy legal legend legislation legitimate lemon length less lesson let letter level liberal library license lie life lifestyle lifetime lift light like likely limit limitation limited line link lip list listen literally literary literature little live living load loan local locate location lock long long-term look loose lose loss lost lot lots loud love lovely lover low lower luck lucky lunch lung machine mad magazine mail main mainly maintain maintenance major majority make maker makeup male mall man manage management manager manner manufacturer manufacturing many map margin mark market marketing marriage married marry mask mass massive master match material math matter may maybe mayor me meal mean meaning meanwhile measure measurement meat mechanism media medical medication medicine medium meet meeting member membership memory mental mention menu mere merely mess message metal meter method Mexican middle might military milk million mind mine minister minor minority minute miracle mirror miss missile mission mistake mix mixture mm-hmm mode model moderate modern modest mom moment money monitor month mood moon moral more moreover morning mortgage most mostly mother motion motivation motor mount mountain mouse mouth move movement movie Mr Mrs Ms much multiple murder muscle museum music musical musician Muslim must mutual my myself mystery myth naked name narrative narrow nation national native natural naturally nature near nearby nearly necessarily necessary neck need negative negotiate negotiation neighbor neighborhood neither nerve nervous net network never nevertheless new newly news newspaper next nice night nine no nobody nod noise nomination none nonetheless nor normal normally north northern nose not note nothing notice notion novel now nowhere n't nuclear number numerous nurse nut object objective obligation observation observe observer obtain obvious obviously occasion occasionally occupation occupy occur ocean odd odds of off offense offensive offer office officer official often oh oil ok okay old Olympic on once one ongoing onion online only onto open opening operate operating operation operator opinion opponent opportunity oppose opposite opposition option or orange order ordinary organic organization organize orientation origin original originally other others otherwise ought our ourselves out outcome outside oven over overall overcome overlook owe own owner pace pack package page pain painful paint painter painting pair pale Palestinian palm pan panel pant paper parent park parking part participant participate participation particular particularly partly partner partnership party pass passage passenger passion past patch path patient pattern pause pay payment PC peace peak peer penalty people pepper per perceive percentage perception perfect perfectly perform performance perhaps period permanent permission permit person personal personality personally personnel perspective persuade pet phase phenomenon philosophy phone photo photograph photographer phrase physical physically physician piano pick picture pie piece pile pilot pine pink pipe pitch place plan plane planet planning plant plastic plate platform play player please pleasure plenty plot plus PM pocket poem poet poetry point pole police policy political politically politician politics poll pollution pool poor pop popular population porch port portion portrait portray pose position positive possess possibility possible possibly post pot potato potential potentially pound pour poverty powder power powerful practical practice pray prayer precisely predict prefer preference pregnancy pregnant preparation prepare prescription presence present presentation preserve president presidential press pressure pretend pretty prevent previous previously price pride priest primarily primary prime principal principle print prior priority prison prisoner privacy private probably problem procedure proceed process produce producer product production profession professional professor profile profit program progress project prominent promise promote prompt proof proper properly property proportion proposal propose proposed prosecutor prospect protect protection protein protest proud prove provide provider province provision psychological psychologist psychology public publication publicly publish publisher pull punishment purchase pure purpose pursue push put qualify quality quarter quarterback question quick quickly quiet quietly quit quite quote race racial radical radio rail rain raise range rank rapid rapidly rare rarely rate rather rating ratio raw reach react reaction read reader reading ready real reality realize really reason reasonable recall receive recent recently recipe recognition recognize recommend recommendation record recording recover recovery recruit red reduce reduction refer reference reflect reflection reform refugee refuse regard regarding regardless regime region regional register regular regularly regulate regulation reinforce reject relate relation relationship relative relatively relax release relevant relief religion religious rely remain remaining remarkable remember remind remote remove repeat repeatedly replace reply report reporter represent representation representative Republican reputation request require requirement research researcher resemble reservation resident resist resistance resolution resolve resort resource respect respond respondent response responsibility responsible rest restaurant restore restriction result retain retire retirement return reveal revenue review revolution rhythm rice rich rid ride rifle right ring rise risk river road rock role roll romantic roof room root rope rose rough roughly round route routine row rub rule run running rural rush Russian sacred sad safe safety sake salad salary sale sales salt same sample sanction sand satellite satisfaction satisfy sauce save saving say scale scandal scared scenario scene schedule scheme scholar scholarship school science scientific scientist scope score scream screen script sea search season seat second secret secretary section sector secure security see seed seek seem segment seize select selection self sell Senate senator send senior sense sensitive sentence separate sequence series serious seriously serve service session set setting settle settlement seven several severe sex sexual shade shadow shake shall shape share sharp she sheet shelf shell shelter shift shine ship shirt shit shock shoe shoot shooting shop shopping shore short shortly shot should shoulder shout show shower shrug shut sick side sigh sight sign signal significance significant significantly silence silent silver similar similarly simple simply sin since sing singer single sink sir sister sit site situation six size ski skill skin sky slave sleep slice slide slight slightly slip slow slowly small smart smell smile smoke smooth snap snow so so-called soccer social society soft software soil solar soldier solid solution solve some somebody somehow someone something sometimes somewhat somewhere son song soon sophisticated sorry sort soul sound soup source south southern Soviet space Spanish speak speaker special specialist species specific specifically speech speed spend spending spin spirit spiritual split spokesman sport spot spread spring square squeeze stability stable staff stage stair stake stand standard standing star stare start state statement station statistics status stay steady steal steel step stick still stir stock stomach stone stop storage store storm story straight strange stranger strategic strategy stream street strength strengthen stress stretch strike string strip stroke strong strongly structure struggle student studio study stuff stupid style subject submit subsequent substance substantial succeed success successful successfully such sudden suddenly sue suffer sufficient sugar suggest suggestion suicide suit summer summit sun super supply support supporter suppose supposed Supreme sure surely surface surgery surprise surprised surprising surprisingly surround survey survival survive survivor suspect sustain swear sweep sweet swim swing switch symbol symptom system table tablespoon tactic tail take tale talent talk tall tank tap tape target task taste tax taxpayer tea teach teacher teaching team tear teaspoon technical technique technology teen teenager telephone telescope television tell temperature temporary ten tend tendency tennis tension tent term terms terrible territory terror terrorism terrorist test testify testimony testing text than thank thanks that the theater their them theme themselves then theory therapy there therefore these they thick thin thing think thinking third thirty this those though thought thousand threat threaten three throat through throughout throw thus ticket tie tight time tiny tip tire tired tissue title to tobacco today toe together tomato tomorrow tone tongue tonight too tool tooth top topic toss total totally touch tough tour tourist tournament toward towards tower town toy trace track trade tradition traditional traffic tragedy trail train training transfer transform transformation transition translate transportation travel treat treatment treaty tree tremendous trend trial tribe trick trip troop trouble truck true truly trust truth try tube tunnel turn TV twelve twenty twice twin two type typical typically ugly ultimate ultimately unable uncle under undergo understand understanding unfortunately uniform union unique unit United universal universe university unknown unless unlike unlikely until unusual up upon upper urban urge us use used useful user usual usually utility vacation valley valuable value variable variation variety various vary vast vegetable vehicle venture version versus very vessel veteran via victim victory video view viewer village violate violation violence violent virtually virtue virus visible vision visit visitor visual vital voice volume volunteer vote voter vs vulnerable wage wait wake walk wall wander want war warm warn warning wash waste watch water wave way we weak wealth wealthy weapon wear weather wedding week weekend weekly weigh weight welcome welfare well west western wet what whatever wheel when whenever where whereas whether which while whisper white who whole whom whose why wide widely widespread wife wild will willing win wind window wine wing winner winter wipe wire wisdom wise wish with withdraw within without witness woman wonder wonderful wood wooden word work worker working works workshop world worried worry worth would wound wrap write writer writing wrong yard yeah year yell yellow yes yesterday yet yield you young your yours yourself youth zone