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MAG 164 - The Sick Village

The Magnus Archives

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Gillian Smith's Guide to the Village

Gillian Smith is certain that her neighbour Mrs Kim is not infected and hates her for it. As she pulls spongy strips free one agonising fibre at a time, Gillian stares from her window at the house of Mrs Kim. Even through the masks Mrs Kim knows the looks she gets in the pub, what can she do? When she hears the shouts outside and sees the smoke pouring from the thatch groove she knows it is too late. They drag her to the maple, the masks hiding the tears of terror and angry shame and lash her there with those strips of cloth that never seem to burn. She does not fight, though she screams and screams and screams as all her

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