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    The Devil's Advocates (Short Story)
    The Devil's Advocates (Short Story)
    The Devil's Advocates (Short Story)
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    The Devil's Advocates (Short Story)

    By C.D. Reimer

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    John Wormwood, a veteran news reporter for The Silicon Valley Gazette, witnesses a satanic human sacrifice that opens the bronze doors of the Rodin's The Gates of Hell statue at Stanford University, unleashing the Horseman of Death into the world, and runs for his life with the biggest Pulitzer Prize winning news story of his career.

    This 5,340-word short story was first published in Strange Tales of Horror anthology (NorGus Press / February 2011).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC.D. Reimer
    Release dateFeb 10, 2012
    ISBN9781466006492
    The Devil's Advocates (Short Story)
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    C.D. Reimer

    C.D. Reimer makes videos about comic cons, pop culture, Silicon Valley and technology every week. https://www.youtube.com/c/cdreimer

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