The Lake — Melissa Stevens

Every monster's legend has a leg or two based in fact. Whether it is an extra hairy man, or a woman with long teeth and a penchant for the dark, we as humans manipulate our fear into something we think we can control. We think a monster can at least be killed; it is flesh and blood. Therefore it can die. For if it does not die it will always be there, lurking in our shadows.

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