When Duncan MacGuire sets out to help a slave escape the fantastic Houses of the South, small does he understand they’d send out a demon to capture them.

Occur the Boston Metaphysical Culture alternate history universe, this short story is a prequel to the prize winning book, Boston Metaphysical Society: A Storm of Secrets and the favorite graphic novel, Boston Metaphysical Society.

This short story was initially published in the anthology, TIME Later, from Thinking Ink Press.