The following is the continuation of the short fiction presented for the Featured Creature piece, The Night Thing. The good news bad news here is that although I am updating the story here, this isn't all of the story. Once I got fully into editing, several plot points expanded a bit and so did the page count, which created more pages to edit. Regardless, I will be posting each update to the original post as I go If you would like to read the pieces as a continuous whole.
The Night Thing Part II
Ricky
began sweeping. Margaret had left him a long list of cleaning duties
to be done by morning. The store was being reviewed next Wednesday and
Margaret always wanted the store cleaner than a new car on review day.
That always meant more work for Ricky: clean behind the shelving units,
dust every surface, reorganize the freezer, sweep and mop twice during
shifts. Margaret was generally a relaxed manager, she even let him wear
his earphones on third shift, but when a review was coming around, she
became a relentless bitch.
