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Tales From Old Town: Twice Shy

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In the dead heart of some major city, the neighborhoods of Old Town crumble and rot in neglect. Consisting of three large neighborhoods clustered tightly together and surrounded on all sides by narrow, polluted riverways that run through the city's dark core, Old Town is by far the worst slum in the sprawling urban hellscape of Necropolis; A city where mortals live (mostly unaware) alongside creatures from their darkest nightmares; werewolves, vampires, ghosts, makes.. They are all real.. Criss-crossed by two of the original arterial highways, few dare venture into, or escape from, the cramped confines of Old Town. It doesn't look like a pristine quarter of the massive Glass City; rather, it seems more suited to the horror of a third world country's warzone. Mounds of maggot-infested refuse lines the streetsides and clogs the alleyways. Raw sewage flows freely in creek-like torrents down some of the side streets, while on others, broken fire hydrants perpetually spew some of the only fresh water out into the gutters. Packs of stray dogs turned wild prowl the streets, driven mad by hunger and disease. Colonies of sickly feral cats slink through the shadows, chasing the myriad vermin that infest every nook and cranny of Old Town. Many of the streets are in such a state of disrepair that they couldn't even be considered paved anymore. Graffiti tags every available surface with everything from gang signs to darker threats meant to dissuade folks from lingering overlong. The district's police and fire stations were closed roughly a decade ago, due to extreme budget cuts, and since then, obscene criminality has run rampant.

These are a collection of tales from the denizens of such a hellscape, from the lowliest of mortals to the most vicious of beasts and even a few immortals in between..

..Welcome to Old Town..

(The images used for the cover image do not belong to me and are © their respective owners.)All Rights Reserved

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Mon, Oct 10, 2016

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