/authors/j-battier/ Recent content in J Battier on Utopia Stories Library Hugo en-us /stories/70494/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /stories/70494/ <p><em><strong>Author's Note:</strong> A long and sordid tale about the consequences of trying to steal from others. A young man, hard on his luck, turns to burglary to pay the bills. The house a the end of the street looked just like any other, but our main character will soon learn that it holds one very dark and sinister secret.</em></p> <p><strong>Chapter 1: The Break-In</strong></p> <p>The cab slowed to a halt and the headlights illuminated the patch of woods forming a gateway over the small path before it. The wipers cleared the windshield of the condensation that had formed from the light evening mist.</p>