Cul-de-Sacrifice — Chapter 1: The Altar in the Cupboard, Página 26
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An advertisement reads: “Accommodation Available” “Distinguished residence of considerable antiquity” “Spacious private chamber · Vaulted ceiling” “Underfloor heating · Utilities included” “Quiet, long-standing household staff” “Minor dimensional irregularity” “Rent: astonishingly reasonable” “Standard lease conditions apply.” The tear-off tabs read “E. Black, Esq. Tel. 666” (repeated on each tab). “NEXT ISSUE: TERMS AND CONDITIONS” SAM: HE ADVERTISED. BELLANDI: HE DID WHAT? Small print: “CUL-DE-SACRIFICE · Issue #1: The Altar in the Cupboard” “First published in Australia in 2026 by William Battrick. Published digitally via Inkroost.” “© 2026 William Battrick. In the original human-authored contributions to this publication, including story, script, characters, dialogue, lettering and layout.” “All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), for example fair dealing for the purposes of research or study, criticism or review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, communicated or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. Enquiries should be made via the author’s Inkroost profile.” “Created, written, art-directed, edited and lettered by William Battrick. Artwork produced using generative AI, with human direction, selection and editing.” “No AI training. Without in any way limiting the author’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this publication to train generative artificial intelligence technologies to generate text or images is expressly prohibited. The author reserves all rights to license uses of this work for generative AI training and development of machine learning models.” “This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination and are used fictitiously.”
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A large advertisement for an old residence with tear-off phone tabs hangs on a post before a dark, illuminated Gothic building at dusk, with text announcing the next issue and two speakers’ lines at the bottom.
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A housing-weary tenant, his Goth lawyer girlfriend and a vain necromancer try to prove the living and the dead can share a house fairly. Cheap rent, utilities included, undead housemates. At least they don't eat your food.