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WIP Intro

“Sometimes I sit here…and I contemplate. I could’ve been anything else.” “You’re not that forgiving. Not to yourself, not to anyone.” But Mike still grinned around his smoke. “…And you’d be the last person to deserve it, anyway.”

A Box of Sharpened Teeth

A small town in Oklahoma is disrupted by random disappearances seemingly going uninvestigated by a lazy sheriff.

Though Barber Blackburn is the last person anyone would suspect, he can’t explain his urges—his sparks—and the missing remorse factor goes further unchecked with each person brought into his basement. When he catches the attention of Michael McDowell, those sparks are stoked into flames by a handsome, charming, and unmistakably deadly stream of whispering in his ear…and it’s unclear what he wants in return.

WARNING: this WIP contains situations that some may find upsetting. use discretion when consuming ABoST content and blacklist the tag #ABoST if necessary.

EXCERPT:

Caked and drying blood flushed off Barber Blackburn’s knuckles in scalding water and spiraled down the shower drain. Loose dog teeth cut into the palm of his clenched fist, the angry points penetrating the fleshier parts of his hand. The pinch went unnoticed.

He’d found the teeth in a parking lot, on the tarmac outside of the grocery store. Early one morning, before the sun had fully risen, he spotted two canines and three molars scattered near his car tire. A consequence of the heavy rains the town of Single Shell, Oklahoma had to weather over the last few weeks, perhaps, or local fauna being reckless with their detritus.

Hovering nearby had been Michael McDowell, his neighbor from the adjacent cul-de-sac, taking furtive peeks at him from under the trunk door of his SUV as he loaded it with groceries. Mike’s dark eyes narrowed at Barber crouching to scoop up the teeth, and his hand paused on the door when he caught the glint of sunrise off the too-polished enamel piled into the space between Barber’s fingers and his wrist.

Barber caught his gaze under thick lashes, expecting a flinch or a show of disgust that he’d choose to pick up the teeth rather than inspect them from a distance. He’d known Mike at arm’s length for three years, though they weren’t close enough to establish whether or not picking up enigmatic dog teeth in his presence was a move Barber would later regret.

Mike couldn’t be read. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but instead, he deposited his canvas shopping bag and locked up the SUV without a word.

Barber pored over Mike’s utter lack of reaction well into stepping out of the bathroom. He thought about the text he got from him before his shower, forewent a towel and trailed water across the carpet of his bedroom, to the dresser, where he flicked open a small jewelry box he’d gotten from his mother as a child. It sat beside an unassuming book lying flat, a tome of poetry containing a favorite by Robert Burns.

He rolled the dog teeth against the cheap faux velvet lining of the jewelry box, rattling them like dice, and the lid dropped shut after him. He then lifted the cover of the book and peered inside, as some time ago he’d glued the pages together and hollowed them out above a particular stanza of the poem:

But, Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain; The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy!

Barber ran the tips of his fingers through the other teeth within. All of the human canines filed into points after their extraction.

He exhaled through rounded lips and slid the book against the wall. He dressed and descended two flights of stairs into the basement, a gallon of bleach and an entire roll of paper towels in hand.

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WIP Intro

"Sometimes I sit here...and I contemplate. I could've been anything else." "You're not that forgiving. Not to yourself, not to anyone." But Mike was still grinning around his smoke. "...And you'd be the last person to deserve it, anyway."

A Box of Sharpened Teeth

A small town in Oklahoma is disrupted by random disappearances seemingly going uninvestigated by a lazy sheriff.

Though Barber Blackburn is the last person anyone would suspect, he can't explain his urges—his sparks—and the missing remorse factor goes further unchecked with each person brought into his basement. When he catches the attention of Michael McDowell, those sparks are stoked into flames by a handsome, charming, and unmistakably deadly stream of whispering in his ear...and it's unclear what he wants in return.

WARNING: this WIP contains situations that some may find upsetting. use discretion when consuming ABoST content and blacklist the tag #ABoST if necessary.

EXCERPT:

Caked and drying blood flushed off Barber Blackburn's knuckles in scalding water and spiraled down the shower drain. Loose dog teeth cut into the palm of his clenched fist, the angry points penetrating the fleshier parts of his hand. The pinch went unnoticed.

He'd found the teeth in a parking lot, on the tarmac outside of the grocery store. Early one morning, before the sun had fully risen, he spotted two canines and three molars scattered near his car tire. A consequence of the heavy rains the town of Single Shell, Oklahoma had to weather over the last few weeks, perhaps, or local fauna being reckless with their detritus.

Hovering nearby had been Michael McDowell, his neighbor from the adjacent cul-de-sac, taking furtive peeks at him from under the trunk door of his SUV as he loaded it with groceries. Mike's dark eyes narrowed at Barber crouching to scoop up the teeth, and his hand paused on the door when he caught the glint of sunrise off the too-polished enamel piled into the space between Barber's fingers and his wrist.

Barber caught his gaze under thick lashes, expecting a flinch or a show of disgust that he'd choose to pick up the teeth rather than inspect them from a distance. He'd known Mike at arm's length for three years, though they weren't close enough to establish whether or not picking up enigmatic dog teeth in his presence was a move Barber would later regret.

Mike couldn't be read. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but instead, he deposited his canvas shopping bag and locked up the SUV without a word.

Barber pored over Mike's utter lack of reaction well into stepping out of the bathroom. He thought about the text he got from him before his shower, forewent a towel and trailed water across the carpet of his bedroom, to the dresser, where he flicked open a small jewelry box he'd gotten from his mother as a child. It sat beside an unassuming book lying flat, a tome of poetry containing a favorite by Robert Burns.

He rolled the dog teeth against the cheap faux velvet lining of the jewelry box, rattling them like dice, and the lid dropped shut after him. He then lifted the cover of the book and peered inside, as some time ago he'd glued the pages together and hollowed them out above a particular stanza of the poem:

But, Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain; The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy!

Barber ran the tips of his fingers through the other teeth within. All of the human canines filed into points after their extraction.

He exhaled through rounded lips and slid the book against the wall. He dressed and descended two flights of stairs into the basement, a gallon of bleach and an entire roll of paper towels in hand.

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Are you doing okay?

I'm hungry, my legs are sore, and tired as fuck

So I'm abostely wonderful!

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Tbh it's kind of unfair to reduce the 'by Fall Out Boy' titles meme To Just Captitalizing Every Word In The Whole Sentence. Why do that when you can have barely explained ABOST. Or even t.t.a.l.t with no explanation. FOB could be a gold mine, but no one is willing to put in the work. Smdh.

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Dowvnside to havwing only like a dozen activwe followvers ? 4 rbs on my best pic Ivwe had in probubbly years, and one of them is my old caretaker. And one is a friendly stranger wvho isnt efin a followver ! (That part is reely cool imo)

I dont wvanna sound conceited boat I wvanna ask for rbs / rb it myself again.... I reely am happy wvith it, moarso than I hawve been abost a pic in a long time cuz I'm acshoally healthy in this and my smile is genuine ; ;

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The most dangerous colonies of termites invade central Alexandria for the first time

Specialized experts at the University of Alexandria revealed the emergence of new colonies of termites, of the dangerous type known as "Subterranean termite", or subterranean ants, especially in the central regions of Alexandria, due to the heat wave and the overcrowding of the existing colonies, which caused ants irritation and re-infection of the ants. Thousand genital winged individuals.

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Thousands of residents of the Smouha, Ibrahimia, Kafr Abdo, Al-Shatby, Fawzi Moaz, Muharram Bey, Sporting, and Smouha cooperatives neighborhoods complained of the presence of millions of termite colonies in millions, which threatens their homes, especially home furniture from furniture and parquet, as well as the transmission of these colonies between homes and regions.

Dr. Hussein Abdullah Rizk, former head of the Applied Entomology Department at Alexandria cultivation, revealed the emergence of new colonies that were monitored from winged termites, which is part of the insect reproduction cycle, which is a dangerous type, due to the occurrence of the so-called "furan" as a result of the heat wave, which is what The current colonies are irritating and producing other colonies of the winged reproductive individuals as a result of the re-infection, noting that many complaints were addressed to the college with the emergence of these colonies, especially in the areas of Shatby, Al-Raml Station, Mustafa Kamel, housing units area, Gleem and Fleming, which is the most dangerous type that has existed for years in M Smouha areas.

"Rizk" explained, in statements to "Al-Masry Al-Youm", that termites are an insect different from the normal ants, and it causes structural damage in homes and buildings in general, as well as wooden furniture, and residents do not see termites inside their homes usually until after the infestation of these insects It may take root, but it can also be seen outside, around the remains of dead trees, rotting wood planks, or any kind of debris and waste.

He pointed out that there are two types of termites, the overwhelming ants of wood, which is found in all of Egypt through moldy wood or imported wood that has not been fumigation, and affects dry wood and wooden furniture, and its colonies are small in number, reaching from 70 to 300 individuals, not It has a connection to the land, where the colony can occupy a small piece of wood, and the colony is formed inside it, and nymphs act as workers, and the second type is subterranean termites, which are species that live under the surface of the earth, and their colonies reach millions, and subterranean ants are divided into a number of Species, living in different environmental regions, pointing to The white ants is a type of diverse insects ecologically and economically important, where they feed on cellulose, especially in the wood, and the spread of termites all over the world, especially in the tropical region that prefer organic plant material.

"Rizk" denied the presence of termites on the foundations of the concrete buildings, but it eats wood and feeds on cellulosic materials, old houses and wooden ceilings, and it can hit the rooms and move through a layer that does not exceed 10 centimeters from the layer of discussion that rises on the shell, and moves from the door to another and from the window To another, as it moves in a light layer behind faience, indicating that the most dangerous is the underground type.

Dr. Mustafa Kamel Al-Bakhshwan, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture in the governorate, Captain of the Agriculturalists, said that the termite control department handles nearly 99% of the complaints that come to the directorate and there is no pending complaint, as immediately after the complaint is received, a specialized committee is dispatched to the specified place to identify The problem is that a pesticide quarter of a pesticide is dispensed for each apartment for free, and in the event that it requires more than this amount, the requirement is spent at the expense of the citizen complaining.

In a statement to Al-Masry Al-Youm, "Al-Bakhshwan" said that the directorate had struggled about 600 units during the past period, which received complaints from its owners.

Eng. Mohamed Farag Amer, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Industry Committee in the Council, made an urgent statement to Dr. Ezz El-Din Abostate, Minister of Agriculture, and Major General Mahmoud Shaarawy, Minister of Local Development, to get acquainted with the ministry’s mechanism in fighting termites that attack many areas in Alexandria and a number of Governorates and emphasize the provision of pesticides for spraying residential units and homes that suffer from termites, especially the winged.

"Amer" said, in statements to "Al-Masry Al-Youm", that the termites' danger is due to the fact that they depend on the "cellulose" substance in their food, and this substance is found in the walls of homes and furnishings, and that once this insect is present in the house, this means that all the wooden movables will be destroyed in Record time, because it contains cellulose in abundance, because wood is the richest in sugar materials, as well as ceilings and floors made of wood.

Dr. Sobhi Salam, undersecretary of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Alexandria, and an adviser to the agricultural governor, called for the necessity of working on early detection of termite colonies through the use of termite fisheries. Fisheries are collected, examined and changed monthly, and the presence of termites is inferred through the effects of destruction and the manifestations of the injury they cause.

He pointed out that the most important manifestations of dry wood infection are the presence of small holes in the wood, especially near the doors and windows and the presence of powder such as granulated sand pellets under the affected pieces of wooden furniture, as well as the weakness of the surface of wooden floors in some locations as a result of drilling and feeding termites under the ground with the erosion of wooden foundations And wood veins that T.Carrying the roof and having mud pipes on the inside and outside walls, as well as having thin wings in large numbers.He stressed that the methods of preventing termites are that when building the house should be less attractive to termites by treating the concrete foundations and building timber with pesticides before completing construction and maintaining the dryness of the soil around the foundation of the house constantly, with repairing any water leaks in apartments and walls, because they The instrument of attraction for insects and getting rid of cellulosic materials and plant residues on the ground to establish a facility on it and block openings that help to enter termites using building materials, especially openings and cracks and tunnels for facilities in the home, such as natural gas and electricity pipes Do not plant trees near wooden walls and ensure that trees do not come into contact with wooden walls and do not store firewood or any wooden residue inside homes.Dr. Essam El-Kordy, President of Alexandria University, said that the university has established a center for controlling termites in cooperation with the governorate, with the aim of eliminating termite colonies that cause huge losses to real estate in Alexandria.He pointed out that the university will cooperate with the governorate in obligating the new buildings to obtain a certificate from the center to confirm that they are free of termites.

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