The world of Art Blanchard, Esq. isn’t exactly pretty, but it is what it is. Washington, D.C. has surely seen better days, and FETIDUS is there to help make things just a little bit better. One zombie at a time. Here is an excerpt from FETIDUS: The Damned Heir:

“The night was unusually dark and oppressively humid, even for DC, which was locked in a nasty heatwave. DC in late July was not exactly the most pleasant place to be when the sticky humidity was in full force, even in the evening. It could be as bad as New Orlando in the summer, or worse yet, even Panama City. Still, the night was better than the hellish mid-day. Probably one of the many reasons why I preferred to work late at night.

The stench of old DC was particularly intense this time of year, which was not necessarily a bad thing, depending on how you looked at it. More than a decade of cleaning and rebuilding couldn’t purge this town of the thick odor that still clung to every surface. Even the new town seemed infused with it. It was an odor that reminded me of an unkempt morgue. I liked it….”

Click below to listen to an excerpt from FETIDUS: The Damned Heir:

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