{"id":6746,"date":"2019-08-02T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/?p=6746"},"modified":"2019-08-02T14:00:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:00:43","slug":"haunted-words-by-sophie-duncan-freefictionfriday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/haunted-words-by-sophie-duncan-freefictionfriday.html","title":{"rendered":"Haunted Words by Sophie Duncan #freefictionfriday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" data-attachment-id=\"6747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/haunted-words-by-sophie-duncan-freefictionfriday.html\/19-08-haunted-words\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?fit=2000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"19-08-Haunted-Words\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?fit=474%2C711&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?resize=533%2C800&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wittegenpress.com\/wp_main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/19-08-Haunted-Words.png?resize=267%2C400&amp;ssl=1 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to Free Fiction Friday for August!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> On the first Friday of every month, we at Wittegen Press reward our subscribers with an exclusive free short story. 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