Stories tagged “angel of death”

  • Services now required

    “Come in,” the grisly voice said from inside the apartment. David opened the door and saw a grisly old man sitting in a recliner watching TV. His face potch marked with scars and old age. His beard and hair were pure white and unkempt. He t...

  • Pint-sized Angel of Death

    Father Mancuso collapsed at the Little Flower church on a balmy spring morning at the age of sixty-four. He spent his final moments in prayer with friend and protege, Father Raymond. Cancer claimed his life, but many felt he lived on. Father Ray prayed...

  • The Final Oath of Frank Crabtree

    The house was a mess. Nothing was whole. Splintered furniture lay like gutted pigs. Torn clothing curled around broken glass of shattered pictures. Wearily, Frank trudged upstairs. He wasn’t worried, he was broken, like the banister he ran his fi...