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The Milkman Murders
After an assault by a mysterious and monstrous milkman, a typical American housewife has finally had too much of her hideous, deranged family, and she takes a simple word of advice from her idol, the perfect 1950's mom on her television screen - "Discipline." From the minds of Joe Casey and Steve Parkhouse comes the most shocking of all Dark Horse's new brand of horror comics. The unraveling of our forlorn homemaker's hopes leads to unprecedented terror, heralded by a demonic vision - The Milkman, a twisted parody of a Norman Rockwell image as painted by serial-killing folk-artist John Wayne Gacy.
104 pages, Paperback
First published May 4, 2005
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Joe Casey
973 books86 followersLibrarian note: there is more than one author with this name
Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.
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Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.
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November 7, 2018
A put-upon housewife gets shit on by her absurdly nasty family until one day a slob dressed as a milkman rapes her and she snaps - cue copious amounts of bloodshed!
Maybe if I’d known more about this one before picking it up based solely on the amusing title and cover, as well as remembering that I’ve never read a good Joe Casey comic, I’d have avoided another stinker. Ah, well. We lives and we learns, eh?
The only positive thing I’ll say about this one is that the setup made me laugh in how over-the-top, comically evil the housewife’s family were. The girl is having an affair with her gym teacher, the boy is butchering small animals in the basement and, when he’s not slapping her around, the husband is doing hard drugs after work with his buddies!
Other than that though it’s a very one-dimensional story that’s not nearly as compelling, original, clever or entertaining as I’d hoped, with nothing to say - like every other Joe Casey comic then! Nor am I a fan of Steve Parkhouse’s scratchy, grotesque art.
And that’s The Milkman Murders - an obscure comic for a reason! Never again Joe Casey, that was your last chance.
Maybe if I’d known more about this one before picking it up based solely on the amusing title and cover, as well as remembering that I’ve never read a good Joe Casey comic, I’d have avoided another stinker. Ah, well. We lives and we learns, eh?
The only positive thing I’ll say about this one is that the setup made me laugh in how over-the-top, comically evil the housewife’s family were. The girl is having an affair with her gym teacher, the boy is butchering small animals in the basement and, when he’s not slapping her around, the husband is doing hard drugs after work with his buddies!
Other than that though it’s a very one-dimensional story that’s not nearly as compelling, original, clever or entertaining as I’d hoped, with nothing to say - like every other Joe Casey comic then! Nor am I a fan of Steve Parkhouse’s scratchy, grotesque art.
And that’s The Milkman Murders - an obscure comic for a reason! Never again Joe Casey, that was your last chance.
September 30, 2020
Like a lot of Joe Casey's comics, this was unpleasant to put it mildly. It's about a broken-down wife who is raped by some homeless milkman and then snaps and kills her f'd up family. The druggie husband beats her, her daughter is having an affair with a teacher, the son is a masochist killing neighborhood pets. Everything in this book including the art is grotesque and unlikable. Casey describes this as capturing the horror of the suburbs. The only horror I found was wasting an hour reading this book.
September 12, 2020
This was pretty stupid, and also disturbing.
So basically a old school white family who all hates each other and abuses both mentally and physically begin to snap. A mother who can't stand her abusive husband, her whorish daughter, or a weird son who hunts animals for fun. One day she gets attacked by the "Milkman" and snaps and begins killing.
Is it as stupid as it sounds? Very much so. The ending is both confusing and ridiculous. But so is the whole story. I hated almost every single person in this book, both main characters and side, and the dialogue, while not always awful, lands on the side of edgy and cringe.
I can't really recommend this at all. The art isn't very good either and looks like a Saturday morning cartoon at times turned hyper violent. A 1.5 out of 5.
So basically a old school white family who all hates each other and abuses both mentally and physically begin to snap. A mother who can't stand her abusive husband, her whorish daughter, or a weird son who hunts animals for fun. One day she gets attacked by the "Milkman" and snaps and begins killing.
Is it as stupid as it sounds? Very much so. The ending is both confusing and ridiculous. But so is the whole story. I hated almost every single person in this book, both main characters and side, and the dialogue, while not always awful, lands on the side of edgy and cringe.
I can't really recommend this at all. The art isn't very good either and looks like a Saturday morning cartoon at times turned hyper violent. A 1.5 out of 5.
October 26, 2015
This is by far the darkest comic I've ever read. Especially because of the possible reality of it.
*WARNING* possible triggers due to content like dysfunctional home environment and abuse (physical & sexual)
But,if you like the darker side of things like me then you'll like this. In some strange way,you'll feel like it had a proper conclusion.
*WARNING* possible triggers due to content like dysfunctional home environment and abuse (physical & sexual)
But,if you like the darker side of things like me then you'll like this. In some strange way,you'll feel like it had a proper conclusion.
March 20, 2018
I should probably re-read this at some point, because it's one of those instances where you think you know where the story was heading, but it goes somewhere so HUGELY different that you're left scratching your head about why the author made such a strange choice.
The first two chapters were very compelling, if extremely caricatured, portraits of smalltown America. The introduction refers to the book as suburban America, but based on my experience, it fits more into the insular world of smalltown America. Regardless, the caricatures are spot on, exaggerating the desperate attempts for attention, power and love that dominate many people's lives, and I found it to be extremely tragic and believable (in its own over-stated way!).
Then, the book takes a totally bizarre twist. Where I was expecting the mundane ending of recognizing that this is simply who we as human beings are and that maybe we can't expect anything better, Casey instead veered into some strange territory, introducing the neo-mythical milkman of the title, and turning the series into a homicidal awakening and purging of mid-American sins. It was odd and un-predicted, and far enough removed from expectation that I, honestly, still don't know how to react.
Parkhouse's art is, however, a no-brainer, because it is absolutely perfect for this book - exaggerated and cartoony - in short, a perfect caricature of a depressing, smalltown family. Strong storytelling, the perfect amout of detail, and wonderfully human, flawed characters.
The first two chapters were very compelling, if extremely caricatured, portraits of smalltown America. The introduction refers to the book as suburban America, but based on my experience, it fits more into the insular world of smalltown America. Regardless, the caricatures are spot on, exaggerating the desperate attempts for attention, power and love that dominate many people's lives, and I found it to be extremely tragic and believable (in its own over-stated way!).
Then, the book takes a totally bizarre twist. Where I was expecting the mundane ending of recognizing that this is simply who we as human beings are and that maybe we can't expect anything better, Casey instead veered into some strange territory, introducing the neo-mythical milkman of the title, and turning the series into a homicidal awakening and purging of mid-American sins. It was odd and un-predicted, and far enough removed from expectation that I, honestly, still don't know how to react.
Parkhouse's art is, however, a no-brainer, because it is absolutely perfect for this book - exaggerated and cartoony - in short, a perfect caricature of a depressing, smalltown family. Strong storytelling, the perfect amout of detail, and wonderfully human, flawed characters.
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August 28, 2020I never knew Joe Casey and Steve Parkhouse had collaborated until I saw this in a Comixology sale, and even if I had, I wouldn't have expected it to be on a suburban horror story. Casey I always think of as quite a pop writer, albeit for that poptimist definition where it doesn't always manage to be cohesive or good, let alone actually popular. Parkhouse is an artist in many ways more kin to the UK's Beano and Viz tradition, who's nonetheless made forays into the US comics 'mainstream'. Asked to guess, I'd probably have put them together on some loopy satire about a larger-than-life US hero visiting a sleepy British town. Instead, they do that old mainstay of the rot hidden behind America's white picket fences, and carry it off through sheer conviction. A lot of stories can be horror qua genre without ever actually horrifying, but not this one. If John Smith's US comics career hadn't failed to launch after Scarab, this is the sort of work I could have seen him doing. Very good, but I never want to read this dreadful family's story again.
December 25, 2021
I'm not sure what made me read this on Christmas Eve, but this was not Christmas Eve reading.
Anyway, this is a disturbing horror story, but didn't quite do it for me. I at first thought I was just missing the subtext, and I probably did, but going by other reviews, I think most readers missed it as well. It was dark horror showing the underbelly of the suburbs, which isn't new but this did come across as more gruesome than usual. However, there was a lot here that just didn't make sense, at least to me.
This had some very disturbing moments, and taking those into consideration this wasn't bad for a horror comic. But the confusing plot points hurt it for me.
Anyway, this is a disturbing horror story, but didn't quite do it for me. I at first thought I was just missing the subtext, and I probably did, but going by other reviews, I think most readers missed it as well. It was dark horror showing the underbelly of the suburbs, which isn't new but this did come across as more gruesome than usual. However, there was a lot here that just didn't make sense, at least to me.
This had some very disturbing moments, and taking those into consideration this wasn't bad for a horror comic. But the confusing plot points hurt it for me.
September 30, 2020
Is this comic about the crumbling, over-idealized American Dream? Yes.
It is also about the decaying housewife trope, the death of the father as provider, and corruption of teens as obeisant, soon-to-be adults. That's all before the grimy, violent rape, cocaine-fueled hallucinations, and calculated, brutal murders.
Clearly there is a lot going on that I can't describe without spoiling it.
BUT I've never seen a more deserving family get its just desserts.
It is also about the decaying housewife trope, the death of the father as provider, and corruption of teens as obeisant, soon-to-be adults. That's all before the grimy, violent rape, cocaine-fueled hallucinations, and calculated, brutal murders.
Clearly there is a lot going on that I can't describe without spoiling it.
BUT I've never seen a more deserving family get its just desserts.
June 20, 2021
I think this is honestly the worst comic I've ever read. Absolutely nothing redeeming about it. ALL the trigger warnings. Big heads up for horrific depictions of animal death. I hated every minute of this thing and I struggled to the end just so I can confidently rate and review this piece of trash.
November 2, 2023
Very disturbing.
January 2, 2019
The Milkman Murders is a comic that tries for more depth then it reaches. The idea itself is interesting and as I read the forward I thought it was going to be a whole lot better than it ended up being.
Off the bat the art style didn't hit with me. It isn't bad but I thought a different style would have suited what it was trying to go for. Then we have the awful characters. And I mean awful in both senses that they are awful people you just want to see die but also lacking depth. And any depth they have is delivered through heavy exposition bubbles once they are all dying.
This story also has the problem of feeling like someone really thought that it was "deep" and a deconstruction of tropes and a really dark story. But the ideas present in the story have been done better. It's not the same but you could watch Get Out or Prisoners and get the same sort of feeling or any damn ID channel program if you want to see people in suburbia snap.
And it doesn't help that no character is likeable, you want to see them all bite it and the Mom you don't like you pity her. The whole affair is miserable, and not because it's well done but because it's bad, just bad.
The saving grace is that it's a funny kind of bad where you can laugh and chuckle at the very least. Don't read The MilkMan Murders. Read something else.
2 stars.
Off the bat the art style didn't hit with me. It isn't bad but I thought a different style would have suited what it was trying to go for. Then we have the awful characters. And I mean awful in both senses that they are awful people you just want to see die but also lacking depth. And any depth they have is delivered through heavy exposition bubbles once they are all dying.
This story also has the problem of feeling like someone really thought that it was "deep" and a deconstruction of tropes and a really dark story. But the ideas present in the story have been done better. It's not the same but you could watch Get Out or Prisoners and get the same sort of feeling or any damn ID channel program if you want to see people in suburbia snap.
And it doesn't help that no character is likeable, you want to see them all bite it and the Mom you don't like you pity her. The whole affair is miserable, and not because it's well done but because it's bad, just bad.
The saving grace is that it's a funny kind of bad where you can laugh and chuckle at the very least. Don't read The MilkMan Murders. Read something else.
2 stars.
September 20, 2019
It takes a significant effort to make me wince so let me warn you- this is a very disturbing and gruesome story with cooresponding art.
The first time I've REGRETTED seeing a female with a sexy pair of breasts in the nude.
The story was vague when it needed explanation most- I can't understand what the last chapter attempts to convey.
The two main adult male characters on the cover- are they supposed to look like the same guy?
I really enjoyed the artist's afterword because he took the majority of sequential writers to task in a way that allowed me to clearly realize things I seem to have been getting familiar with for a long time.
The first time I've REGRETTED seeing a female with a sexy pair of breasts in the nude.
The story was vague when it needed explanation most- I can't understand what the last chapter attempts to convey.
The two main adult male characters on the cover- are they supposed to look like the same guy?
I really enjoyed the artist's afterword because he took the majority of sequential writers to task in a way that allowed me to clearly realize things I seem to have been getting familiar with for a long time.
March 12, 2015
I was lured in by the minimalist cover, which is great. The book itself was fine. The preface, written by the author, makes the book out to be a groundbreaking and terrifying read that will give nightmares to the most intrepid of horror fans. I was disappointed -- the book is certainly not any more violent or disturbing than any of Garth Ennis's books, and it's fairly predictable. There is some truly beautiful art scattered throughout, though.
January 17, 2022
Wow did I actively despise this, and it was not because of the brutality of the murders. This is just best described as carnography.
The characters are so disgusting and vile that it's not even that satisfying an ending. The domestic assault and animal violence was abundant to a point that it felt like flagrant sadism. I really think this story just did not age well and the plot was just not at all fleshed out enough to be successful horror in my book.
The characters are so disgusting and vile that it's not even that satisfying an ending. The domestic assault and animal violence was abundant to a point that it felt like flagrant sadism. I really think this story just did not age well and the plot was just not at all fleshed out enough to be successful horror in my book.
July 14, 2020
Torture porn.
Fuck this crass bullshit. I feel ashamed for finishing this book. Two white men spell out their idea of a horror book. Which is fucking bullshit.
All the fuckin idiots on goodreads who rated this anything above 2, this does not constitute food for thought okay? Idiots. It just capitalizes on domestic violence and rape to sell itself. It has nothing to say about domestic violence or how to fix or anything. It is just fucking outrage and torture porn. If you think this is a feminist take, you are out of your mind. The milkman having more intrigue and solid character than the protagonist should inform you of this one's depth. It exploits and mocks real life issues and is trying to make money out of it. It is not thought-provoking. Read an article on domestic violence if you want to have proper ideas on it, instead of reading two boomer pervert's rape and pedo fantasies.
This is the type of bullshit female empowerment that makes comics seem inferior to normal books. The protagonist gets raped, abused, beaten up by her husband and then goes on to murder her family. Yeah that is the entire story. The underage daughter is having an affair with the gym teacher, the husband does hard drugs and the boy kills and skins animals. I feel like I saw a car-crash happen in front of me and stared on as everything exploded in flames.
Just a shallow, useless waste of space, which has nothing to say and only exists to outrage you with it's ideas of revenge and it's bogus social commentary about how women are oppressed. These women have no character and only live to suffer. Fuck this shit. They think haha the women gets revenge in the end so it's fine to show her getting fucking raped, beaten into a wall, punched in the face. Just fuck off.
Fuck off. The art is terrible as well. Everything is terrible here. Fucking trash.
Fuck this crass bullshit. I feel ashamed for finishing this book. Two white men spell out their idea of a horror book. Which is fucking bullshit.
All the fuckin idiots on goodreads who rated this anything above 2, this does not constitute food for thought okay? Idiots. It just capitalizes on domestic violence and rape to sell itself. It has nothing to say about domestic violence or how to fix or anything. It is just fucking outrage and torture porn. If you think this is a feminist take, you are out of your mind. The milkman having more intrigue and solid character than the protagonist should inform you of this one's depth. It exploits and mocks real life issues and is trying to make money out of it. It is not thought-provoking. Read an article on domestic violence if you want to have proper ideas on it, instead of reading two boomer pervert's rape and pedo fantasies.
This is the type of bullshit female empowerment that makes comics seem inferior to normal books. The protagonist gets raped, abused, beaten up by her husband and then goes on to murder her family. Yeah that is the entire story. The underage daughter is having an affair with the gym teacher, the husband does hard drugs and the boy kills and skins animals. I feel like I saw a car-crash happen in front of me and stared on as everything exploded in flames.
Just a shallow, useless waste of space, which has nothing to say and only exists to outrage you with it's ideas of revenge and it's bogus social commentary about how women are oppressed. These women have no character and only live to suffer. Fuck this shit. They think haha the women gets revenge in the end so it's fine to show her getting fucking raped, beaten into a wall, punched in the face. Just fuck off.
Fuck off. The art is terrible as well. Everything is terrible here. Fucking trash.
November 26, 2020
The Milkman Murders collects issues 1-4 of the Dark Horse series written by Joe Casey and art by Steve Parkhouse. The comic was recollected and reprinted by Image.
A suburban housewife is trying to have the family that appeared in classic 1950s TV sitcoms except she may have the worst collection of husband and children if all time. Her husband's routinely emotionally and physically abuses her, her son kills and dismembers neighborhood pets, and her daughter has a history of seducing older, married men. Her life will soon turn upside down when she is visited by The Milkman.
I purchached this book during a recent Image Crime Sale on ComiXology. I had never heard of it before and it was only a couple dollars. I had never heard of the book but the title caught my eye. Why not? This is a pretty disturbing book. It is written with the premise of horror in the suburbs. And while it may take place in the suburbs, it is a grotesteque warping of reality with everything kicked up to 10. The book is extremely violent and not for the squeamish. The art is comes off more of a Sunday comic strip like Doonsbury than comicbook art. Nothing wrong with that art style, just not what you are expecting wemhen reading a horror/crime book. The only reason I didn't give it a one star rating was because it did keep me turning the pages wondering what the hell would happen next.
A suburban housewife is trying to have the family that appeared in classic 1950s TV sitcoms except she may have the worst collection of husband and children if all time. Her husband's routinely emotionally and physically abuses her, her son kills and dismembers neighborhood pets, and her daughter has a history of seducing older, married men. Her life will soon turn upside down when she is visited by The Milkman.
I purchached this book during a recent Image Crime Sale on ComiXology. I had never heard of it before and it was only a couple dollars. I had never heard of the book but the title caught my eye. Why not? This is a pretty disturbing book. It is written with the premise of horror in the suburbs. And while it may take place in the suburbs, it is a grotesteque warping of reality with everything kicked up to 10. The book is extremely violent and not for the squeamish. The art is comes off more of a Sunday comic strip like Doonsbury than comicbook art. Nothing wrong with that art style, just not what you are expecting wemhen reading a horror/crime book. The only reason I didn't give it a one star rating was because it did keep me turning the pages wondering what the hell would happen next.
October 2, 2023
This story is ugly, and so is the art. It really is like a train wreck you can’t look away from. It is also as problematic as some of Alan Moore’s creations.
The housewife protagonist tries to keep her family happy, but her abusive husband hangs out with his suburban buddies doing drugs and complaining about their families, the obnoxious son tortures small animals, the daughter is sleeping with one of her school teachers, and they all treat her like garbage. A milkman assaults and rapes her, and it’s the last straw for her mental state, sending her into a psychotic break.
The violence is no more or less than that seen in many other graphic novels with action heroes carving their way through a battlefield, but this is more shocking because it’s a mother directing violence towards her family, I assume?
There is a weird, Ligotti-esque vibe to the third act, where the world is not how it’s been assumed, and the protagonist has been violently taken away from the ’normal’ by some external ‘it’.
The housewife protagonist tries to keep her family happy, but her abusive husband hangs out with his suburban buddies doing drugs and complaining about their families, the obnoxious son tortures small animals, the daughter is sleeping with one of her school teachers, and they all treat her like garbage. A milkman assaults and rapes her, and it’s the last straw for her mental state, sending her into a psychotic break.
The violence is no more or less than that seen in many other graphic novels with action heroes carving their way through a battlefield, but this is more shocking because it’s a mother directing violence towards her family, I assume?
There is a weird, Ligotti-esque vibe to the third act, where the world is not how it’s been assumed, and the protagonist has been violently taken away from the ’normal’ by some external ‘it’.
January 14, 2024
Okay, this is why I tend to avoid reviews from comics news sites, as they are often biased as all get out and are never, ever unfavorable. There was a feature piece about the forthcoming Image Comics hardcover reissue of this book over on Comic Book Resources dot-com, and I read it. The concept sounded intriguing, and the cover image looked cool. The original Dark Horse trade paperback can still be obtained for cheap. I went that route, and I am glad that I did, because this book completely sucks and should be avoided at all costs.
How can anyone think that this book is scary? You have the requisite shock value, the obligatory gore, and of course, sex. I didn't find anything about this book particularly scary, particularly shocking, or particularly good. It just sort of meanders along from scene to scene, with no purpose or intent. If you did enjoy this book, then I am happy for you. It falls completely flat as a Horror book. I did not enjoy it.
How can anyone think that this book is scary? You have the requisite shock value, the obligatory gore, and of course, sex. I didn't find anything about this book particularly scary, particularly shocking, or particularly good. It just sort of meanders along from scene to scene, with no purpose or intent. If you did enjoy this book, then I am happy for you. It falls completely flat as a Horror book. I did not enjoy it.
May 23, 2023
A very dark story for a comic. It is a story about a suburban housewife who gets beaten by her husband, and gets no respect or love from her children, only loathing. She sees her family coming apart and after a series of horrific events, she goes postal.
Neither the story, nor the artwork are great. It is a good, but gruesome story and the artwork fits the story. Reading this comic was a relief. The thing is, lately I have been reading so many comics that left me disappointed, that I should have given this comic, relatively speaking, four stars.
Neither the story, nor the artwork are great. It is a good, but gruesome story and the artwork fits the story. Reading this comic was a relief. The thing is, lately I have been reading so many comics that left me disappointed, that I should have given this comic, relatively speaking, four stars.
October 7, 2020
Something that's potentially more off-putting than the graphic violence is the introduction by the creator saying something along the lines of how he's pretty "meh" about horror in comics as a whole and doesn't sound even remotely interested in what he's created. So... thank goodness he got the opportunity to create something and make money for a project he's not enthused about?
October 17, 2020
I was looking for a spooky book, however I feel like this book was not what I was looking for. There are parts where you feel for characters, and parts where you don’t. However, I think the art style stuck out with me and made it a bit unnecessarily grotesque. Personally, I don’t like it. But maybe someone else, looking for a quick, gruesome read will.
January 21, 2022
This is a truly ugly book. Its billed as a horror novel but its not. Its just a gross piece of work that highlights the worst part of humanity. There are no redeeming qualities in any of the characters. Joe Casey has done some really nice things in comics but this is terrible. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.
January 23, 2022
💛I'm not sure about this is was just a bit weird I read this in one sitting though.
I didnt understand why there was parts about milk and why she was murdering everyone.
This is a story about a women in an abusive relationship who has two sons. she gets revenge on her husband until the last straw is broken and she begins her murder spree.
I didnt understand why there was parts about milk and why she was murdering everyone.
This is a story about a women in an abusive relationship who has two sons. she gets revenge on her husband until the last straw is broken and she begins her murder spree.
September 28, 2019
I enjoyed reading the writer's thoughts about the book (published as part of the book) more than reading the actual book. Illustrations were decent but the storyline was so juvenile. What exactly did it all mean - I still don't understand!
October 30, 2021
Drawn and told with all the subtlety of a bloody hatchet, this one will stick with you if only for all the wrong reasons. Perfect choice for my Horrorween weekend read-a-thon. Gotta say, I thought the cover was the best part.
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April 28, 2022I'm not going to rate this. I also don't think I'd recommend this to anyone either though.
It was too close to real life with almost all the triggering things in it. It went pretty hard at representing the dark side of suburbia.
It was too close to real life with almost all the triggering things in it. It went pretty hard at representing the dark side of suburbia.
June 21, 2022
Disappointing to put it mildly. A book that thinks it is being edgy but in reality more cringe worthy.
The art does not redeem it at all in fact it was a good match for not a good story. The cover though I liked.
The art does not redeem it at all in fact it was a good match for not a good story. The cover though I liked.
November 25, 2017
Very dark, this one. What can I say? Justice is sweet, I suppose? A cast of awful, despicable characters. Hard to not be happy when they get theirs.
September 27, 2020
I really enjoyed this. Creepy and well done.
October 16, 2020
Another author trying to be more clever than they ought with an ending.
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