Mr. Mortality & the Heart Collector
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The year is 1896, and Michael MacBranain is in desperate need of a job.
Fortunately for him (or perhaps not-so-fortunately), the Grim Reaper is also in desperate need of an assistant!
The trouble is, Michael is terribly superstitious and loathes himself for his own cowardice.
But with a dark supernatural force on the loose in New York City, there may be more at stake for Michael and his employer than just job security!
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A multi-part short story, serving as a prototype for the future web-serial "Mortality", the episodic adventures of the Grim Reaper and his assistant. While this story is not as well-researched or polished as I hope for the actual series to be, it does give something of an idea of what I'm going for character and story-wise. I hope you enjoy this debut~
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(Cover art by my sibling: https://www.deviantart.com/stramberrymilkyway )
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