Where Do Monsters Lurk

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Do monsters lurk under the place humans sleep at night, or in the closet that lies to the right of a bed,waiting for night to fall upon the world? Lurking through the moonlight is what they do, just a matter of where the lurking continues. To find delicious blood to feast on as their only request, but maybe slaughtering a few innocent people along the way would elevate their expectations for the experience creating an exhilarating exploit. Waiting patiently for night to fall, monsters stay hiding ready to satisfy their hunger. Where do monsters lurk? For thousands of years humans believed in mythical creatures and still do to this day. Monsters came from the deepest parts of hell only to destroy peace in the world, terrorizing villages

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