("Arm of Darkness: The Origin Story" is a short story. It is also included in the author's 6-story ARM OF DARKNESScollection.)
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He was a sweet young man with a heart filled with the milk of human kindness.
A heart devoted to God’s love.
The Lord called him: Come, my son. Come, dwell in the woods, and serve me.
The boy answered the call.
So did evil.
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This Daggyland Dark Single is just one of six short stories in the ARM OF DARKNESS collection. The full collection contains six short stories of horror: "Skullworm," "Roadhouse," "Glow," "Kin," "Sunshine Lady," and the origin story, "Arm of Darkness."
JOSEPH D’AGNESE’s crime fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen’s and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazines. He’s a winner of the Derringer Award for Short Mystery Fiction. He lives in North Carolina, USA.