THE WRETCHED

“Some of these things, these Shallows, were vehicles of disgust and misery. They smiled wickedly in their rot and amid the ghost lights you could see the hole that ran front to back — empty and rancid. In that way, their carrier and they were one. They were therefore not an entity possession, or a caretaker, or even a guardian — they were a friend. A wretched one but nevertheless, a friend to the friendless.” --------- VII - SERIES 1 of THE REFRACTED.