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    Deeper Than Blood
    Deeper Than Blood
    Deeper Than Blood
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    Deeper Than Blood

    By Antony Bennett

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    In one brief moment, a golden childhood summer turns into a nightmare. A story of true friendship, and of how, years later, one man finds his loyalty tested to its dark and gruesome limit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAntony Bennett
    Release dateMar 10, 2012
    ISBN9781465944825
    Deeper Than Blood
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    Antony Bennett

    The stories you'll find here vary from the spooky to the downright gruesome, but they all explore how ordinary people react to extraordinary situations. My first published story appeared in the collection "Nightmares 3" after encouragement from the wonderful editor Mary Danby, and after that my stories have appeared in various magazines - Fear, Xenos, Not One of Us, etc. I hope you enjoy reading the tales on offer here (all of them are free to download). And if you do, please contact me through my Facebook page or via Twitter - I'd love to hear from you.

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      Deeper Than Blood - Antony Bennett

      Deeper Than Blood

      Antony Bennett

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      Copyright 2012

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      Chapter 1

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      The old farmhouse, once such a familiar part of my childhood, has been devastated by the blaze. The thick stone walls are scorched and fatally cracked, there are deep oblong gaps where the windows used to be, and all that survives of the roof are smouldering rafters, picked clean of their slates, jutting black and naked into the pale dawn sky.

      This was a bad one, all right. Admittedly, after ten years with Red Watch, I've seen worse blazes than this, but never one that had such a painful claim on my emotions, never one this personal.

      The rest of the Watch stand over by the fire engine, weary after last night's efforts, their helmets tipped back on their heads. They speak gravely about the old couple who perished and hand round a pack of cigarettes.

      I'm the only one in front of the farmhouse. For the moment, thankfully, the others appear to have forgotten me.

      The front door yawns open, enticing me inside.

      I walk nervously towards the house, my boots crunching on fragments of slate and shattered glass. This is a bad idea and I know it - I'm breaking every regulation in the book - but at the same time, I can't help myself.

      For the first time in years I picture Hillie's worried face and

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