Snowmen

by James Melzer · 2010

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Edgar Davies is an elderly loner with no friends and no family. Each winter he builds snowmen, and children travel from all over Pennsylvania to see them. The figures are the one bright thread in his lonely days.

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Then fate steps in, and it becomes clear that the gentle old man everyone has taken him for is not who he seems. This short story turns a quiet, wintry scene into something unsettling.

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horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
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2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
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creepycreepyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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