Little Green Fairy

London, 1888. Alone on a rainy evening, a young Frenchman is found along the cobbled streets of downtown London. He was starving, his stomach shattering, penniless and poor. That is until he stumbles around a corner, rain soaked his face and clothes. There is a dark wood parlor. A lone man, a stranger, standing on the edge, sheltered from the rain. He's dressed in all black from head to toe. It looks warm in the cold, wan candlelight fluttering through its door. The smell of sweet opium smoke in the night air. Feeling sorrow and pity for the youth, the older gentlemen offers a drink and respite from the shivering slush of Victorian England. Over a green bottle of Absinthe, the two men sit in a tiny booth, sharing glasses. The Green Fairy, The Green Devil, The Green Ghost, whatever you like to call it, it will take a man, take his soul. Then they gamble, they bet, they drink more and more. And as the night grows long and dark and bitter, questions, answers are exchanged disturbingly, and Pendulum Kippers soon finds himself in the dim company of someone he did not except...

Absinthe the beckoner of the heart, the teary eyed pulling string of the dark. So join. Join the vetuer-le, the green hour, and come drink your stuff, and revel in it's mists.

Pages: 108

File Type: PDF Format

Genre: Historical Horror

Book Type: Short Story

Author: Jack Buie