Halloween Wimseyficlet

[nineveh_uk]

There was a one (to five) sentence Halloween horror thread on fail_fandomanon, so I had a go.


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Bunter stopped on the threshold and saw that his lordship was not alone in his bedroom after all, but kneeling pyjama-clad at the feet of a woman, a woman with the stench of the grave on her, a prisoner's uniform, and a noose around her neck. Beside him one of his collection of incunabula lay open in a circle of what looked like blood.

'Harriet, it worked! Will you marry me?'

His voice was filled with joy.

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[sonetka.livejournal.com]

That AU sounds strangely and depressingly fascinating. If you ever feel like writing it, what better month for depressing reading than November? (Three trials ... yes, she'd be pretty beaten down by the end of that. And after spending the last few years being badgered by Phil and now being badgered by Peter, she might well decide there's no more use in fighting it).