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    The Short Memoirs of a Madman
    The Short Memoirs of a Madman
    The Short Memoirs of a Madman
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    The Short Memoirs of a Madman

    By Vanessa Speer

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    What would it have been like to be the unknown man of Gadarenes roaming the tombs naked and ravaged by demons? What was it like the moment it all changed?

    Reading time: 18-20 minutes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVanessa Speer
    Release dateDec 19, 2014
    ISBN9781310255724
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      The Short Memoirs of a Madman - Vanessa Speer

      The Short Memoirs of a Madman

      Copyright 2014 Vanessa Speer

      Published by Vanessa Speer at Smashwords

      The Short Memoirs of a Madman

      Sloping rocks towered above my head on all sides, warped and tangled root systems jutting out from their cold fractured faces. Sharp pebbles clung to my exposed skin as I shifted stiffly from another night of fitful sleep. I grabbed a handful of the irritating stones and threw them with a grunt at the walls that caged me in. How I had gotten down into this hole, I couldn’t remember.

      They would though. They who were always present, lurking in the shadows of my mind.

      I turned my attention to the sky wondering what time of day it was. It really didn’t matter, it could have been the sun or the moon shining down and I would still see the world in the same oppressive haze. Like dark stormy clouds blocking out the light.

      It had stormed last night. Yes, I could remember that much now. It had stopped storming too. With such an abrupt end that it had given me an eerie feeling of foreboding. The stillness had

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