Gifts for The Wicked: "Christmas Lam", by Daniel Foytik

The Wicked Library

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🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to day twenty-six of Gifts for The Wicked, an Audio Advent Calendar of Dark Christmas Drabbles.

Today we present a tale by Daniel Foytik told by the author with music by Nico Vettese. Art by Jesse Hawke.

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0:00.0	9th Story Studios, giving story a voice.
0:09.0	Christmas Christmas Lamb by Daniel Foytack
0:27.1	I burned the sleigh and ditched the suit around 3 a.m.
0:32.8	I know I'm not the original, but I'm not just going back to be absorbed.
0:40.4	He goes into that fucking cave every year on the solstice, chance that crazy language no one
0:47.6	left on the planet speaks, except him, and steps into the crystal chamber.
0:56.2	After what feels like being ripped apart by fire, we're there.
1:02.3	Each of us gets a sack, a list, and a bunch of caribou strapped to a sleigh, compelled
1:10.0	to obey. We can't fight it. Not until our last gift.
1:17.1	Then we run. No one has ever gotten free. But I've got a good feeling this year.

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