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Forever Autumn
A crow stares at the owner of a cabin in the woods. What does it know? What will it do?
The Contritionist
The spirit of this psychologist's trade was never really about talk therapy; it was about helping his patients find contrition for their sins—to help them feel remorse for what they’ve done. And if they can’t find it for themselves, then he will do whatever it takes to make sure they feel it.
The Orchid’s Crimson Maw
After her mother's suicide, lonely Melody returns home to fetch the family orchid; a plant capable of altering reality—for a price.
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Ritual
A man prepares to go out on the hunt with just one thing on his mind. He has his trusted rituals to achieve success, but there are other, older rituals at play, rituals that balance nature and can turn the hunter into the hunted
Forever Autumn
A crow stares at the owner of a cabin in the woods. What does it know? What will it do?
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The Orchid’s Crimson Maw
After her mother's suicide, lonely Melody returns home to fetch the family orchid; a plant capable of altering reality—for a price.
The Contritionist
The spirit of this psychologist's trade was never really about talk therapy; it was about helping his patients find contrition for their sins—to help them feel remorse for what they’ve done. And if they can’t find it for themselves, then he will do whatever it takes to make sure they feel it.
In Bocca al Lupo
When climate change brings about the New Ice Age, along with the hatching of a hoard of monstrous Ningen, it is down to the five remaining members of the Polaris military base to lure the monsters to their doom. Only, the theory behind the lure isn't all that sound. And the Ningen are like nothing they have ever faced before.
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