“There are worse ways to go into the night,” Anar said.

“I don’t disagree with your observation.” Erdenebat nodded while cleaning his knives. “It’s not the experience of the recently departed I’m judging. It’s the work ahead.”

“Oh, I see…” Anar scratched his head. “I suppose it’s hard on the widow and the children to say goodbye to a face contorted into such a grin.”

Shurale,

Many are the Bogeyman in human folklore. Their names and shapes may change from region to region and from story to story but their nature remains. This type of creature always feeds on fear. Sometimes it is the fear of a child, alone in her bed. Sometimes it is the terror of a grown man, l...

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