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Page 53 Noel cried out as if struck. All around the court, Noel’s warriors cried out as they began to shrink and twist, their armor falling away from them. In the Royal Stables, the Horse Master backed away in fear as the war stallions all bucked and screamed, their own armor dropping from their shifting forms as they rose into the air, kicking and straining. Antlers erupted from their heads as they became something entirely other. Black Peter seemed to catch the worst of it, staggering as a scream was pulled from some place deep within. He looked at the polished wall of the court and saw his beautiful face erupt with scars and boils, sagging and aging beyond his control. The sight was too much for him to bear, and he fell away, wailing. Even as he did, the shine on the walls dulled, the perfect finish sinking back into the black rock from which this place was originally hewn. “Your world shall be as your heart, King. Hard and frozen.” All around the court, Noel’s former servants and warriors rose from their torment, changed into Shadows of their former selves. Tiny grey men with black marble eyes now, all the joy pressed from them. The castle was no longer a monument, instead little more than a ragged cave carved into the rock. Once the transformation came to a close, an awful silence dropped over the cavern chamber where Noel and Greta stood, still unchanged. Noel seemed puzzled. “You haven’t changed us at all. Only the innocents around us.” “Those around you have been changed so that each time you look upon them, when all you see is misery unending and horrible, you will know that you did this. Your greed. Your desires.” Noel looked around and saw his own brother, his ruined face so horrible that Noel drew back from him. “You hear that, King?” Black Peter snarled at him, furious and hurt. “You see what you’ve done to me? To this world of ours? DAMN YOU!” Black Peter reached for his sword, lying on the ground amidst the rest of his fallen armament, and the Agent of Order stopped him, one hand on his shoulder. “No more violence tonight. Your temper needs as much taming as your brother’s fear. Come with me now, There are things I must show you both. Rules you must be taught.”
Page 54 Noel embraced Greta before joining the Agent of Order. The Agent took his hand and then Black Peter’s, and the three of them disappeared. The two pieces of the Magician disappeared as well, and a final gust of wind extinguished the final lantern, leaving Greta and the Shadows alone in the darkest night a winter could offer. There are tales told down through time, and those stories get twisted, turned inside out, until they barely resemble the truth of how they began. Know, then, that this is the true story of the man known now as Santa Claus. NOEL will be continued in <strong>PULP</strong> & <strong>POPCORN</strong> #3
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Page 1 Drew McWeeny’s PULP & POPC
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Page 22 and 23: Page 21 “Family heirlooms and the
Page 24 and 25: Page 23 Felix was astonished by his
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Page 30 and 31: Page 29 “Mind if I smoke?” “Y
Page 32 and 33: Page 31 * * * Felix drove much too
Page 34 and 35: Page 33 Walking to his car, though,
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Page 38 and 39: Page 37 Maybe it even did work like
Page 40 and 41: Page 39 Now that I’ve seen it in
Page 42 and 43: Page 41 NOEL Based on a screenplay
Page 44 and 45: Page 43 When Black Peter made his w
Page 46 and 47: Page 45 That night, the celebration
Page 48 and 49: Page 47 “It is, Lord. I swear it.
Page 50 and 51: Page 49 Noel looked at the children
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Page 56 and 57: Page 55 REVIEW “Silence” scr. M
Page 58 and 59: Page 57 Masahiro Shinoda’s 1971 f
Page 60 and 61: Page 59 The performances are all so
Page 62 and 63: Page 61 Commander Future: A Reporte
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Page 66 and 67: Page 65 "Well, thank goodness for t
Page 68 and 69: Page 67 __________ There was a noti
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Page 74 and 75: Page 73 "No. You will not get used
Page 76 and 77: Page 75 "Because there is a threat.
Page 78: Page 77 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Drew McWee
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