The Deathplace Set single work   novella   horror  
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 The Deathplace Set
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'Gloria inherits a set of cigarette cards, 24 beautifully illustrated, historically accurate cards depicting death scenes. Once she meets her future husband, they become obsessed with cards, determined to visit each of the locations, driven by a force they don't understand. They profit from this obsession, flipping haunted houses from dumps to delights, selling them for a good return. Their family grows and their five children join the exploration, learning to live with the ghosts, the constant moves, the underlying smell of death that follows them. The family vandalize each place they live in, knowing that you need to destroy in order to rebuild.

'It's only once the ghost of a young boy is roused that the true history of the cards is revealed and the true sacrifice to obsession begins.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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    y separately published work icon Vandal : Stories of Damage United States of America (USA) : Crystal Lake Publishing , 2023 27745397 2023 selected work novella United States of America (USA) : Crystal Lake Publishing , 2023
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