Quick and Painless: A Satirical Reimagining of the Invention of the Guillotine

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Time 2h 27m

Reads 1,321
Votes 266
Parts 33
Time 2h 27m

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    After being thrown off the social pyramid when he had a child with a black girl, Andreas Moreau gets a second chance when he's asked by the man he works for, Antoine Louis, to help build a new invention of his; The beautiful execution machine that would give justice to all: the Guillotine.
    
    With the hopes of buying his wife out of slavery and creating a future for his son, Andreas complies and feeds Louis' idea. He can't predict the impact the Guillotine would have on his country, let alone the world.
    
    Told in a series of letters, Quick and Painless is a story of family, devotion, and catastrophe.
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    Cover by @UnevenfeetsAll Rights Reserved

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(ON HIATUS)
    
    After being thrown off the social pyramid when he had a child with a black girl, Andreas Moreau gets a second chance when he's asked by the man he works for, Antoine Louis, to help build a new invention of his; The beautiful execution machine that would give justice to all: the Guillotine.
    
    With the hopes of buying his wife out of slavery and creating a future for his son, Andreas complies and feeds Louis' idea. He can't predict the impact the Guillotine would have on his country, let alone the world.
    
    Told in a series of letters, Quick and Painless is a story of family, devotion, and catastrophe.
    -
    Cover by @Unevenfeets

33 parts