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November 13, 2011
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The Truth About the Glass, Part 27

November 13, 2011
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The beast returned from his latest hunt and slumped down into a plush but mildewed chair by the fire. Constance was carving a likeness of her stepmother into a log with the idea of throwing it on the fire soon after. </p> <p>“Where’ve you been all day? Looking for more girls to steal and lock in a dingy tower?” she said.</p> <p>“I feel like we got off to a bad start,” said the beast, picking a string of bloody stuff from his chest hair and eating it.</p> <p>“It took you three days to realize that, huh?” Constance commented.</p> <p>“Maybe we could start over. I haven’t even told you my name.”</p> <p>“Look, I came here to propose a business arrangement, not to propose.”</p> <p>“Well, I feel bad about it is what I’m saying,” the beast sighed with irritation, “So, I’d like to make it up to you. When I was a prince I could have hired a hundred men with trained beasts to get rid of your stepmother.Perhaps all you need is one beast with a mind of his own?”</p> <p>Constance dropped her pocket knife and clapped her hands gleefully.</p> <p>“So, you’ll help me?” she asked. In her joy, she was as radiant as one of those green storm clouds just before a hailstorm. </p> <p>The beast grinned toothily. “I’ve already begun,” he said. </p> <p>He rose and moved to the nearest window, checking for any signs of life amongst the gnarled trees.</p> <p>“The trick, you see, is to get our target to come to us, and to do so by herself,” he said somewhat distractedly. “I may be strong, and I may be vicious, but there’s only one of me.”</p> <p>Constance clasped her hands together. “And? And?” she prodded.</p> <p>Before the beast could answer, he ducked back from the window. From below came the awful sound of an old woman trying to sing. </p> <p>Aaaaapples! Aaaaaapples for sale! Apples as sweet as a fairy tale!</p> <p>“Have you heard,” began the beast, flexing his claws, “of a little network called the Magical Mirror Society?”

November 13, 2011
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Tagged: 31 Days of Halloween, 31 days of halloween 2011, halloween, the truth about the glass

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Skary is written, drawn, and animated by Katy Towell. Ms. Towell is an animator, writer, illustrator and designer in the Philadelphia area with dreams of one day being the scary old lady in the house about which all the neighborhood children tell ghost stories. She’s also the author and illustrator of Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow (Knopf) and Charlie and the Grandmothers (Knopf).