"The instructions were clear: I was to bring the body that I'd retrieved from the cemetery to the alley behind Herbert's confectionery at midnight. It was important to disguise the corpse as a bundle of rags, which I did to perfection. I arrived at Herbert's early and was waiting for the man to turn up when I noticed that the bundle of rags had begun to move."
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Works & Wonders
Short StoryWho are you, cowardly fool!? the man managed, about two pints shy of courage. The figure lay silent, shrouded amidst the naked winter trees, slowly moving its arms about with a sickening, crackling sound that entreated nausea to erupt. "Just a con...
