Hemlock
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Ongoing26m
Last published Fri, Dec 10, 2021
A short horror story accompanies Dexter Hemlock, a rich and disrespectful boy, who goes to a masquerade ball(required by his father). What he doesn't know is the horror that lies beneath, and how the responsibility of his father follows him like a shadow.
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