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Let Me Face My Fears

100 Lyrics into Stories — No92

Jillian Spiridon
2 min readJan 12, 2025

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Camilla watched the werewolf in its cage. Transformed, it gnawed at the steel bars that were reinforced with silver studs so that the beast would not be able to chew its way out.

“Careful,” her father had warned her. “If it transforms back into a man, it’ll do anything it can to get out. Be careful not to be manipulated.”

But Camilla couldn’t help but stare at the strange beast, its fur matted as if it had forgotten how to be a man long ago.

Then she crouched down, reaching her hand towards the bars, until the werewolf sniffed her.

This is my third take on the 100 Story Challenge! Lyrics define these stories, and this piece‘s title was inspired by “Face My Fears” from Hikaru Utada.

For the other stories in this iteration, check out the link below:

100 Lyrics into Stories

100 stories

If you missed out on rounds one and two, I’ve linked both my original 100 Story Challenge list as well as my 100 Faces in 100 Stories list below for your perusal if you’re curious.

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Jillian Spiridon
Jillian Spiridon

Written by Jillian Spiridon

just another writer with too many cats

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