Absent Mercies: Six Weird Tales

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  • These
  • six
  • weird
  • tales
  • don't
  • pull
  • their
  • punches.SUCCOR
  • THE
  • CHILD:
  • After
  • viewing
  • a
  • sixth-grader's
  • bizarre
  • chalk
  • drawing,
  • one
  • impressionable
  • townsperson
  • begins
  • to
  • see
  • more
  • than
  • just
  • childish
  • scrawls,
  • and
  • curiosity
  • about
  • the
  • drawing's
  • subject
  • becomes
  • an
  • all-consuming
  • obsession—literally.THE
  • THING
  • IN
  • THE
  • WATER:
  • Daniel,
  • a
  • bitter
  • artist,
  • goes
  • on
  • a
  • cruise
  • to
  • take
  • his
  • mind
  • off
  • his
  • upcoming
  • divorce.
  • He
  • meets
  • Cliff,
  • an
  • old
  • man
  • who
  • gives
  • him
  • a
  • much-needed
  • ego-boost.
  • But
  • when
  • Cliff
  • offers
  • to
  • help
  • Daniel
  • let
  • go
  • of
  • his
  • anger,
  • Daniel
  • discovers
  • Cliff
  • isn't
  • being
  • altruistic,
  • and
  • the
  • old
  • man
  • may
  • be
  • far
  • older
  • than
  • he
  • appears.THE
  • BOOGEYMAN:
  • What
  • stories
  • do
  • the
  • boogeymen
  • tell
  • their
  • little
  • ones
  • at
  • bedtime?
  • Thomas
  • wishes
  • he
  • didn't
  • know,
  • but
  • he
  • can't
  • get
  • the
  • monster
  • under
  • his
  • bed
  • to
  • shut
  • up.THE
  • GRANARY
  • ANGEL:
  • Steffi
  • works
  • on
  • a
  • nighttime
  • graveyard
  • tour
  • in
  • Boston.
  • Recently
  • she's
  • become
  • obsessed
  • with
  • the
  • statue
  • of
  • an
  • angel
  • at
  • the
  • Granary
  • Burying
  • Ground.
  • The
  • problem:
  • there
  • are
  • no
  • angel
  • statues
  • in
  • that
  • graveyard…and
  • the
  • angel
  • no
  • one
  • else
  • can
  • see
  • appears
  • to
  • be
  • equally
  • obsessed
  • with
  • Steffi.THE
  • BROADCAST
  • OUT
  • OF
  • TIME:
  • A
  • live
  • Christmas
  • old-time
  • radio
  • broadcast
  • is
  • interrupted
  • when
  • the
  • studio
  • is
  • invaded
  • by
  • a
  • weird
  • green
  • mist.THE
  • TWELVE
  • HUNTSMEN:
  • In
  • this
  • grim
  • retelling
  • of
  • the
  • Brothers
  • Grimm
  • tale,
  • Princess
  • Cyrene
  • will
  • stop
  • at
  • nothing
  • to
  • win
  • back
  • the
  • hand
  • of
  • the
  • wayward
  • Prince Roland.
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