Newton’s Tales of the Macabre

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Respect

1980s Splatterpunk Short Story: On Halloween night in 1982, a debauched party in an East End funeral home turns into a bloodbath.

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Newton Webb
Oct 14, 2025
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Greetings, my wicked darlings,

I’m fully recovered and back to writing full time. I’ve been pounding out a Roman murder mystery set in Britain around the time of Boudicca’s revolt. In between toga-wearing chapters, I wrote a small Halloween treat for you.

It’s called Respect and is about the very real consequences people face when they don’t show it.

While…

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