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Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks and when she saw what she had done she gave her father forty-oneThe people of Fall River Massachusetts fear me Perhaps rightfully so I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second wife despite the verdict of innocence at my trial With our inheritance my sister Emma and I have taken up residence in Maplecroft a mansion near the sea and far from gossip and scrutinyBut it is not far enough from the affliction that possessed my parents Their characters their very souls were consumed from within by something that left malevolent entities in their place It originates from the oceans depths plaguing the populace with tides of nightmares and madnessThis evil cannot hide from me No matter what guise it assumes I will be waiting for it With an axe.
About the Author
Cherie Priest is the author of two dozen books and novellas, most recently The Toll, The Family Plot, The Agony House, and the Philip K. Dick Award nominee Maplecroft; but she is perhaps best known for the steampunk pulp adventures of the Clockwork Century, beginning with Boneshaker. Her works have been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction, and have won the Locus Award (among others) - and over the years, they've been translated into nine languages in eleven countries. Cherie lives in Seattle, WA, with her husband and a menagerie of exceedingly photogenic pets.
