Tim Deer
A millionaire shipping magnate invites some old university buddies to a reunion get-together at his manor in Liverpool, England.
While they're halfway through the reunion dinner, a couple of local policemen arrives and informs their host that they have apprehended a suspect in the disappearance of his sister. When asking what has happened, the friend informs his old buddies, that his sister have mysteriously disappeared a few days ago, and that they suspect foul play.
1 The sister has been snatched by a gang of ghouls, who dragged her back to their underground warrens and killed her. The ghouls have been battling a local coven of witches and sorcerers, led by their host, the millionaire shipping magnate.
The coven knows who took the sister, and what has happened to her, but they maintain a veil of normality, while they gather strength to deal a final blow to the ghouls.
The apprehended man is just an innocent crook.
2 The sister's husband, a renowned solicitor, killed the sister in a fit of jealous rage because he discovered the sister to be fooling around with another man. When he realized what he had done, he chopped the sister up and incinerated her remains in his furnace.
The apprehended man is the sister's lover.
3 The sister was seduced by a visitor from Scotland, whom she met at a society ball. He convinced her to go with him back to his home in nothern Scotland. She gladly followed him.
Unfortunately, the man was a member of an old cult, who worships an avatar of foul Shub-Niggurath. When the sister arrived, the cult claimed her and performed a fertility ritual. Now, as her brother searches, the sister is trapped in nothern Scotland with a foul entity growing inside of her. Her sanity is unlikely to hold out for long.
The apprehended man had been courting for the sister's love - but without any luck. The police now suspects that he's behind her disappearance.
Copyright (c) 2008 Tim Deer
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