Infernal Archive · File VIII

Coming Damnations

The next doors are warm already. Some knock from the inside.

The following tales are in preparation.

Next descent

The Mercy Engine

A city builds a perfect machine to forgive sin, then discovers that its economy depends on no one ever feeling forgiven.

Mercy Industry
Case reopened

The Saint's Witness

The only survivor of a miracle arrives at the Tribunal and refuses to describe what happened as holy.

Testimony Power
From the border

No Gate at All

Three condemned souls reach the edge of Hell and find an open road guarded only by the stories they still believe.

Escape Belief
Recovered text

The Gospel According to Nobody

A scripture with no author spreads through Heaven and Hell, changing one sentence for every person who reads it.

Doctrine Identity
Personal tenet

Protect Yourself from Stupidity

A nameless testimony recovered from Hell, written by a soul who learned too late that stupidity is rarely harmless.

Hell has many punishments. Some arrive before death.

Testimony Philosophy
Outer darkness

Thistlewood

Deep in Hell grows a forest that was never planted.

They call it Thistlewood. Some who enter never return.

Wildwood Leafless