Newton’s Tales of the Macabre

Newton’s Tales of the Macabre

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The Sinful Child by Newton Webb

An Extreme Horror Short Story: Held captive in her father’s basement, Amelia struggles to escape. But reality isn’t always what it appears to be and soon she will learn an earth shattering secret.

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Sep 12, 2022
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Contents

  1. The Sinful Child

  2. Free Horror Stories

  3. The Macabre Codex

Originally published in Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 1.

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Oh, this was a delight to write. One of the tropes I find so often in extreme horror or splatterpunk involves a woman waking up in a basement, tied to a chair. Given that it’s well trodden ground, I wanted to do something a bit different, and…

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