That Which Dwells Beneath: A Short Story

Detective Elliot Winter believes an innocent man may hang, framed for murders he didn't commit. He's convinced the condemned knows too much, and even if the man escapes the hangman's noose, powerful people want him dead. On the grounds of the abbey at the edge of town, the catacombs conceal terrible secrets. There are whispers of murder, ritual sacrifice, and worse. Winter cannot abide a world where such crimes are allowed to go unpunished. In a race against time, Detective Winter risks his life and sanity to unravel a conspiracy concealing something far more sinister than even he can imagine. That Which Dwells Beneath is a short story of 7400 words.