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    Reverend Rapist
    Reverend Rapist
    Reverend Rapist
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    Reverend Rapist

    By John Ivor

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    Sentenced to hang in 1828 Scotland, Maggie, 9, discovers there are things worse than death.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarling Newspaper Press
    Release dateJun 23, 2012
    ISBN9781476388557
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      Reverend Rapist - John Ivor

      The Reverend Rapist

      by John Ivor

      Copyright Darling Newspaper Press

      In this short fiction, a pedophile in holy disguise stalks Maggie, aged 9.

      Cover image: Detail from an oil painting, The Girl With Strawberries, by Charles Baxter (1809-1879).

      Smashwords edition licence notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      A MISTAKE. God made a mistake. It was sad but obvious. First the Devil: Auld Nick had gobbled Beastie Blubbs like a jam sandwich. Swift and terrible is Beelzebub, just like the Good Book says, yet where had the Almighty been? And where was He now, the supposed saviour? And why had God taken Ma like that? Why? And they've sentenced me to hang.

      In her damp, granite-walled cell in a basement below the Perth town hall, reliving her nightmare, Maggie puzzled

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