Synopsis:
An unpublished article by deceased writer Mortimer Goth about the connection between the Mob and the Grim Reaper is revealed.
Excerpt:
They say money doesn’t buy happiness. But It may buy something far superior in the eyes of the wealthiest families in town: power.
It’s a tale as old as time. Literally speaking. Back when the world was created, only four families existed within the neighborhood. And the fifth remained hidden in a secret realm, only to present himself in the most heartbreaking of times. The Grim Reaper. Grim’s whereabouts were never discovered as he floated from home to home, claiming the lives of those behind the doors.
As the generations passed, many of the families were quietly plucked out of existence. Erased. As if Grim never even visited their homes. Some were forgotten almost instantly, like the Roomies household which never saw the light of day again. Others, disappeared more gradually. My wife’s own family, The Bachelor’s, once seemed like a staple within the worlds. But by the time my Bella became a young adult, her family had disappeared as well.
To this day, she discusses the flurry of foggy memories she has about her long lost brother, Michael, and her parents, Simis and Jocasta. Sometimes, in her darkest of nightmares, she even swears she was once abducted by aliens. When we first married, I tried to no avail to find her relatives but alas, it seemed they were wiped from existence at some point along our universe’s timeline.
For quite some time, I believed the only family Grim hadn’t gotten to was my own. The Goth Family. For whatever reason, Grim has spared us throughout time. Recently though, I discovered another family with origins dating back to the very originals of our universe. For so long, they flew under the radar. But not anymore.
