This Weeks Short Story

Pride

(Carnival of Sin short story #6)

Detective Hale has closed the file on the disappearance of Lydia Daniels, despite her parents complaints.

When a fellow officer suggests
the Carnival may be at the center of all the recent missing persons cases, Hale
agrees to follow up. However, the answers he finds are not what he expects.
This Psychological Horror short story asks the question: what is your pride
covering up?

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