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    Something Wicked 10: Some New Wicked

    They were spat out of the depths of hell and onto the streets of snowy New York about two blocks north of CTH’s old high school. “Ten bucks if anyone can spot an improvement.” “Shut up, Satan,” said CTH. “It wasn’t me,” said Satan. It...

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    Something Wicked 9: Somehell Wicked

    CTH looked at hell.  The gloom was everywhere, literally.  CTH grabbed the air, shook her hand, and the gloom dripped from her fingers.  She coughed and the gloom was mixed in with her spit.  The gloom covered a barren landscape beneath a cloudless, starless, moonless,...

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    Something Wicked 8: Somenight Wicked

    The first snows in Buffalo are wet and perfect for snowballs, forts, and men.  By January the snow turns dry in the deepest cold of winter.  The flakes make nothing.  Ice still forms, but the snow is heaped by the side of the road.  There...

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    Something Wicked 7: Someary Wicked

    “I found eight more.” “Dark, it’s me.” But her voice was already lost in the hubbub of battle.  A concussion grenade went off, throwing almost everybody to the unforgiving ground.  The Creed and Satan shook off the attack, the advantage of durability as a power. ...

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    Something Wicked 6: Somewho Wicked

    Sand.  Blood.  Severed finger.  CTH stopped digging through the arena floor with her toe. “OK, darling, what kind of trouble are we in?” “Gallus is trying to save his world.  He wants to make it a solid Earth and Moon supporting a Rome that will...

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    Something Wicked 5: Somewhy Wicked

    “We have to do something about Melanie,” said Kelly as meals were being served.  “She’s been in the basement for over two weeks and she gets lonely down there.  She needs someone to talk to, someone more than the two of us.  There’s no progress...

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    Something Wicked 4: Somewhere Wicked

    “It’s the Great Lakes,” said Jackson.  “A couple of times each winter the winds will come across the Great Lakes and dump a foot of snow on us.  Sometimes it buries a house.” The snowshovel kept clearing snow from the driveway at an unbelievable rate. ...

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    Something Wicked 3: Somehow Wicked

    It wasn’t Kelly getting naked that bothered Jackson.  It was what came afterward.  Sure, her parents were supposed to be out all day, but sometimes they came home early just to try to catch her out.  That wasn’t the nerve wracking part, it was that...

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    Something Wicked 2: Someone Wicked

    She was young and pretty and when she fell in a shopping mall in prosperous Amherst, outside Buffalo, New York, everybody offered to help her up until they realised she was dead. A nurse knelt down to do CPR but before he could start he...

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    “There could be muggers in that park – or worse!” said Mr Caruthers. “I’m hoping.” Jackson Creed kept walking as if he hadn’t even noticed how he’d dismissed Mr Caruthers, the history teacher.  Technically the school day was over and he had no authority to...

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