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Tin Ceiling
by Nina D’Arcangela

I lie in bed starin’ at that pressed tin ceilin’ every night. A comfort its scroll work has been to my addled mind as I wander down its pathways and off to sleep. As of late though, I been seein’ a figure in that tarnished metal, one that stares right back at me. Each eve, it grows clearer, the face more distinct. I ‘spose momma’s words were spoken true – the eyes are the mirror to the soul, ’cause these eyes, they’re deep and dark and evil, and in them, I see my own black core screamin’ to get out.

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Mental Ward: EXPERIMENTS

A dank basement, shadow filled hallways, the deep echo of a metal latch being thrown while faint screams are heard… These are the things you might experience in a place where the unspeakable happens, where conscientious action and moral turpitude turn a blind eye in the interest of advancing one’s own personal pursuits in the most deranged and unjustifiable manner. The type of place where power corrupts, and depravity runs rampant among those imbued with it. A place where the unfortunate are abandoned to the devices of those who convince themselves their actions are in the best interest of science.

Mental Ward: Experiments is a collection of ten short stories that demonstrate the worst of humanity’s ambition in the interest of ‘civilized’ advancement. Step into a world where sanity is left behind, and horror is what the doctor ordered!

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