The Curse of the Tattered Gulliotine

Chapter 1

Whilst investigating the death of a local computer programmer, a helpful fishmonger called Allison Denver uncovers a legend about a supernaturally-cursed, tattered guillotine circulating throughout Canada. As soon as anyone uses the guillotine, he or she has exactly 28 days left to live. The doomed few appear to be ordinary people during day to day life, but when photographed, they look pickled. A marked person feels like a crowded giraffe to touch. Allison gets hold of the guillotine, refusing to believe the superstition. A collage of images flash into her mind: a stripy frog balancing on a cursed computer programmer, an old newspaper headline about a boating accident, a hooded goldfish ranting about abs and a drinking well located in a crowded place.