#something in their eyes that wanders and is ancient. a snake-handler fire to his movements
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#completely removed from the communities they appear in. wandering down to your village in the guise of a preacher— a traveller— a salesman#something in their eyes that wanders and is ancient. a snake-handler fire to his movements#isaac chroner. harry powell. leland gaunt. hilary briss. appearing out of nowhere and moving back into the shadows#smiling. making offers. a strange dark arid version of the fair folk#coming out of the corn to take the town’s children from the church to the cornfield and put sickles in their hands. or selling anything and#everything— smiling— for a price. he could be your family butcher and you’d never be any the wiser unless you looked him in the eye
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