| Inspired by masters of imaginative fiction like Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury and winner of awards in the USA, Belgium and The Netherlands I am offering free samples of my short stories on this website, with printer-friendly versions if you don't want to read them online. They can also be downloaded as free e-Books. I hope you enjoy them all. | ||||
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A dark tale of love, lust and violence in the Dutch town of Rotterdam in the plague year of 1601
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Early that morning, late October in the year 1601 A.D., Ludwig Torrentius was getting ready to venture out into the streets. He did not relish the prospect but had no choice. His experiment demanded more rats. He stood before a looking glass, putting on a black leather mask of his own making: the upper half in his own likeness, the lower half like the snout of a wolfhound, filled with odorous herbs against the pestiferous vapors. Air holes in the snout allowed him to breathe. He donned a hooded cloak and looked at his reflection with grim satisfaction. Quite a fearful apparition. ... More | ||
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