Here for your delectation is this week’s excerpt, an excursion into dark literature…

314 Crescent Manor by M. Jones

Where the rent is cheap and your neighbours are dead to the world.

Excerpt of 314 Crescent Manor

“Where? she asks.

Of all the questions she could ask, she just says ‘Where?’!” Dr. Horihito placed his surgical cap back on his head, the bullet holes imprinted on the fabric taking on a gruesome, realistic appearance against the blank white backdrop of the hallway.

“314 Crescent Manor, of course! What other place is there that’s a one stop shop of a horror show — That’s where he lives, no surprise there.” Dr. Horihito spun around and grabbed Mars forcefully by the arm, his grip so tight he bruised her. “Steer clear of that place,” he warned. “If you got friends living there, ditch them and get new friends. I’ve seen more than my fair share of weird coming out of there. I won’t walk past it without a crucifix in my goddamned pocket.”

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