Time Killers
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Last published Sat, Jun 17, 2017
In a parallel universe, killing someone gives you all the time the victim had left. Of course, murder is still strictly illegal, but a select few find ways to justify it, commit it, and even teach others to commit it. There are those who murder for the sole purpose of extending their own life. They are known as the Time Killers.
Features a series of shorts exploring the possibilities for Time Killers in such a world interwoven with a single theme - what does it mean for someone's time to be empty?
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