Dec. 18th, 2017

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"Come visit Santa in his grotto!" said the sign. Hollow-eyed elves, their green tunics stained with blood and dirt, corralled the waiting crowd into small pens fashioned from rough-hewn logs. The entrance to the grotto was decoratively ringed with bones and the copper-smelling skins of small dead things. Beyond the grisly archway, the interior of the cave lay in darkness.

Simon and Marshall stood at the edge of the heaving mass of Christmas shoppers, their breath pluming in the frosty air. Simon rubbed his mittened hands together and stamped his feet to keep warm. Marshall tugged his thick woollen scarf further up over his face, covering his mouth and nose.

From inside the grotto came noises, wet and crunchy at the same time, the too-familiar sound of bones breaking within a shell of still-living meat. Something screamed, high and shrill and diminishing into a choking gurgle that cut off abruptly. The elves exchanged worried glances, murmuring to each other and casting apprehensive glances towards the grotto.

Marshall tipped his head back, directing a long drawn-out groan to the sky that hung above him, midnight blue and studded with stars.

"Hurry up, Harley," he moaned. "It's freezing out here."

Simon nodded.

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