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Abandon All Hope

from House of Gregory, Chapter 2 by DiGregorio

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I stared unbelievingly at the painting. I saw myself. I saw the emerald green of my eyes starkly contrasted by my raven hair. I was dressed in the garb of a bygone era. Turning, I saw the woman in white backing away, fading into the woodwork as she floated off. There was a strong familial resemblance. The portrait was not of me, it was of her.

Suddenly, screams surrounded us. It sounded as if a thousand would were being viciously tortured like their hides were being ripped from still-living bodies. Sulfuric acridity filled the air. I could smell all of the decay of every corpse in the largest of cemeteries. It was making me physically ill. Hoping I was imagining this, I looked up at Ricky. He, too was hearing and smelling the same things I was.

He fell against the bust in the hallway. It tipped back and the painting moved. The screams became the loudest screeches of the most determined banshees. The pungency of decaying flesh and rancid sulfur overtook us.

We were standing at the entrance of the Abyss. Down below, there was a knocking. Or maybe it was a heavy footstep. Then another. The whole house seemed to shudder with each successive thud. They must have been footsteps. The footsteps of a creature far more massive than any cryptic or known animal. Each step became louder. The house was shaking more and more violently.

My cousin managed to reset the bust and the secret door closed just as the footfalls reached the door but there was nothing there to make the noise.

After the door closed, we stumbled back to the living room.

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Abandon All Hope

Showed us a portrait
Looking in a mirror
Raven hair, emerald eyes
Ancestry revealed

Faded into black
Then the screams began
Screeches of agony
Stench of rotting flesh

It knows we’re here
Hatred fueled by fear

On the edge
Stare into blackness
It knows your fear
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here

Silence overtakes
Replaced by thunder
Comes ever closer
Soon it will be too late

Thunder shakes the earth
Death getting closer
Damnation in sight
Try to stay in the light

Bust on a pedestal
Nods to reveal
Hell in all it’s fury
Get out in a hurry

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from House of Gregory, Chapter 2, released August 13, 2022

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DiGregorio Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Descend the spiral staircase in front of you. Further, deeper, darker. Voices surround without source, some near, some far. Something moves in the darkness up ahead - is it human? Breathing halts. You cannot move. Hands pull at your arms and legs - but in this kind of darkness, you can’t see a thing.

DiGregorio was born from such a nightmare.

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