The Beast of the Apocalypse: All in a Day's Work

It was just a warm-up for Red, a practice run really. One-shot. Major character death. Nuada. Hellboy. Nuala.

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Author's Note:
With apologies to Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett (1878 - 1957), 18th Baron of Dunsany (aka Lord Dunsany) and his short story, "Bethmoora", published in "A Dreamer's Tales" (1910).