Harrying Horrors

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Challenge #04803-M054: Gone Without a Trace

The intrepid, some would say mad, explorer Arthur Christianson ventured alone into the Antarctic wastes, convinced that he had found Atlantis and the secret of all human civilization. His badly damaged campsite was discovered two years later, though his body was never recovered. Below is the contents of his final journal entry, retrieved from the site: -- Deathshead419

[AN: I try not to have real people in these stories, and there is a person by that name in Linkedin, so the name is now Arthur Christiens. I trust you forgive]

Day 23 of the Antarctic journey, The mountains are in sight. I am once again thankful for the equipment purchased from the Inuit tribes of northern Canada. They have had untold centuries to have refined clothing best suited to enduring the chill. I have learned well from their primitive wisdom.

I grow weary of salt pork and dried seaweed, but they are rations that will last. Tomorrow, I sally forth towards the mountains. Proof of the hollow Earth is within my reach!

Day 31 of the Antarctic journey. Searches of the foothills prove fruitless, so far. Killed some of the native birds for dietary variety. I find the meat gamey, oily, and tasting vaguely of fish.

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Challenge #04648-L264: You Expected Moonlight Serenade?

Kevin stands at the hotel lobby alone, he takes a deep breath the eerie quiet made him hear his own heartbeat. As he looks down at the polished marble he notices something red, bloody footprints. A shiver runs down his spine as he slowly backs away but more crimson footprints appear moving toward his location. Maybe the entity didn’t notice him as he moved around but wherever he goes the footprints follow. Suddenly Kevin begins to giggle and the footprints stopped

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Challenge #04611-L227: Carcinisation Supremis

Geologists have discovered that old continents are not dissolved, but sink down to near the center of the earth. And now a dead continent is rising back to the surface, sending up alarming signals, as though something trapped for a billion years is stirring. -- Deathshead419

[AN: The mixture of science and unadulterated bullhockey in this prompt is going to be fun to balance]

Geology doesn't usually happen quickly. Sure, there's volcanic events, but those are, in geological terms, freak occurrences. Continental

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