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Fragility

SygnusTheDingus

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Parts 17
Time 4h 11m

Reads 489
Votes 148
Parts 17
Time 4h 11m

SygnusTheDingus

Mature

1920s detective fiction lovecraftian mystery noir pulp pulp-fiction thriller

It's 1925. The Height of Prohibition Era America. Detective John Lancy works for the Boston Police Department, when on the 2nd of February, John Lancy is requested by a mysterious woman to find her missing father which leads into a strange underground and forbidden world of dark occultism and abominable horrors that no mortal should be ever privy too. This document you are about to read is John Lancy's final case and last testimonies of that unmentionable event. Follow John Lancy's journey to prevail against these dark forces that would otherwise bring about total doom to the World by their malevolent gods.All Rights Reserved

1920s detective fiction lovecraftian mystery noir pulp pulp-fiction thriller

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