Ministry of Intelligence MOST SECRET 12/12/56 Master Secretary, I write to you with urgent news. A document has been recovered from close by the old Ministry building. It appears to be a diary kept by Dr. Cossereau himself. I have hardly had time to read properly through its pages, but what I have seen has convinced me of its importance. It proves that there was a cultic element at play in the terrible incident in the Ministry a week ago, and Cossereau was up to his neck in it. A fellow of the Royal Society of Chemists, practicing at necromancy - the papers would be full of it if the story got out. The documents are being analysed as I write. I shall deliver an annotated copy to you posthaste. Your servant, L. --- A short dark fantasy of a clash between science and myth. 'Death Distilled' follows the events portrayed in 'Specimen #626', but you don't need to have read that for it to make sense. All votes and comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading!
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