07/18/2025
In the heart of Michigan, Gussy & Grymm are discovering that desperation is a potent chemical. When a failing pharmacy is mixed with a thirst for women of exquisite expense, one man is driven to unspeakable depravity to claim his family's fortune. He's standing at a crossroads where every path leads straight to Hell.
Prosperity, Prison, Pardon, Paranormal
Is greed a vibration born into a man, or does a man grow into the energy of greed? As a young man, Robert did not know the definition of greed, nor did he understand how privileged he was. He was a boy born into a social class that looked down upon the downtrodden with pity and disdain, while hiring them to tend to the gardens, cook the meals, and act as nanny to the young and wealthy. For Robert, the feelings of lack, the fear of hunger, were not part of his formative years. But as an adult, those feelings would manifest in an act of evil so dark, so twisted that I, Grymm Dupp, haunted historian and keeper of the tales, sit in awe at the forms greed can take.
I had no fear of being seen as I looked through the thick glass separating me from the gas glow sparkling off crystal dinnerware inside, safe from the snarling bite of the winter night tugging at my long coat. The sounds of light laughter and polite gossip bounced lightly off the window, mixing with the wind; a ghost of their innocent excitement carried on each frozen howl. The only light outside the opulent home was that of the streetlamp, its gas flame dancing behind glass, casting shadows that were a parody of what was to come. Even the stars hid themselves behind violent clouds, ashamed of what the book of fates revealed was on the horizon.
