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| have no
business
with you
today,
Black Child.
I NEITHER
KNOW
NOR CARE
WHAT
YOU WANT,
MONSTER.
f NOR DO
I CARE
BegoneNOT
WILL INIENG
TO DO.
What do
you mean to YOU TO
do with that COME NEAR
pure soul? THIS GIRL.
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SHIVA!
TEACHER,
NO!
STOP!
I SHALL
TEACH IT
A LESSON
FOR YOU.
HURT
THAT POOR
PERSON
ANYMORE!
THIS 15 A
DISASTER.
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CURSED,
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That
other one
opposed
me.
Please be
| swear j patient.
| will bring
it home
to you...
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Chapter 7
SHE MUST
BE WORN
OUT FROM
SO MUCH
CRYING,
THA
OUTSIDER...
HAD DELIB-
ERATELY
SOUGHT
SHIVA
OUT.
ee
WHAT'RE
You
DOING?|
A BIT
OF
TIDYING.
PECULIAR
FEELINGS,
OR BLACK
MARKS
ON YOUR
SKIN?
“QyoN THaT’s
GOOD.
I GOT
CURSED,
DION’T I?
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pg
a
IT KNEW
WHERE
THE
OUTSIDER
KNOWS
WHERE
SHE IS!
IT SAID
IT'D TAKE
ME TO
SEE HER.
Zee
Sak wo
LO
BES
0
I'M
NOT
CERTAIN.
000...?
MR.
OUTSIDER!
A
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Fs
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into even
more pieces
would be
annoying.
PLEASE
TELL US
ABOUT
MY
AUNTIE! #
Have you
remembered?
WE WISH
TO ASK YOU {1 YOU TOLD
QUESTIONS, THE CHILD
YOU KNOW
THINGS.
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must
all refrain
from
touc
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at soul
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It can't GET UP TO
touch ANYTHING
anything WHILE
without I'M AWAY
my eyes’ FROM HER.
guidance.
That's
where our
mother is.
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cat
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es
WHEN
You really eeu A YOU SAY
don't know WOMAN “MOTHER,”
anuthing, ARE YOU
seit LIVING REFERRING
SOMEWHERE TO THIS
DOWN LAKE?
But
I've been
me longer
than you've
been you.
MINDLESS
OUTSIDER.
That
means
| know
more than
TELL ME
HOW TO
BREAK
NYT ae CTT
SUT GTB ICU MAMAoan) (tC
NUT ae CT
The Girl from the Other Side
Chapter 8
You should
already
possess that
knowledge.
if
KNEW, I'D
HARDLY
ASK YOu!
You must
be from
elsewhere,
wonder
you're so
Ignorant.
ANSWER
MY
QUESTION.
to bring
back...
We must
bring them
back to
Mother.
all we can
do for the
one who
bore us.
LS THAT
THE KEY TO
BREAKING
THE
CURSE?
Te
Hk :
ra
We can
get no
closer.
We searched
the woods
on today,
and once again
found only
empty ones.
Iytother,
this new
Black
Child is a
stranger.
He is
wholly
ignorant.
Please
teach
him.
[SSMOT ERY on
Pe
I FIND IT |
HARD TO
BELIEVE IT
Do you
understand
We must
recover the
i
TN
my
ae!
souls from
the ones
who stole
return
them
to her.
yA oe
os ru
oie
O RY
ALL FOR
THE SAKE
OF A...
A HOLE
IN THE
GROUND!
the souls
YOU'RE belong to
WRONG! Pytother.
SHIVA'S
YOU CAN SOUL
TAKE YOUR BELONGS
BLOODY TO HER,
CURSE AND NO
INSTEAD! ONE ELSE!
The
cast this
curse
y ut oe eR they fled
cowards, a ys eo My to a place
doing this ar, far
h:OVE US.
THIS
IS ALL
OTHERS NONSENSE.
CURSE, NOT
YOU? YOU
SAY IT IS
MY FAULT?
IF THAT'S
TRUE...
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xah +
Se
Satna
Sis
ree
TEACHER!
I GOT
SCARED TEACHER,
YOU'D YOU TOOK
DROWNED! FOREVER.
eee LA i
Who gave
your soul
back to
you?
WORRY,
I DION'T
FORGET.
BUT
I LOOKED,
SHE'LL BUT YOUR
COME FOR AUNT WAS
NOT
THERE.
LET'S
HURRY
HOME,
TEACHER!
THEN WE
CAN WARM
UP BY THE
FIREPLACE.
DON'T,
YOU MIGHT
CATCH
COLD!
I THOUGHT
I'D
TOWELED
MYSELF
THOR-
OUGHLY.
COMING
RIGHT
UP.
DON'T BE
GREEDY,
NOW. WE
HAVEN'T
ALL THAT
MANY
ASIDE,
PLEASE.
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runici emeben HH
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SHE
DOESN ‘T
GRASP
THE TRUE ACTION
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POSSIELY
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THERE IS
e o §
NO WAY
(ss
Wo a uw
ESe Px
Gwe .
WHAT DO ei .
YOU KNOW ar < THAT IS
os a i 1 NONSENSE!
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AMON
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fs
Nae Vastne
SHOULD
I SIMPLY
THING...?
CHOICE?
NOTHING
I CAN
DO.
yWy
,
Ss
WHAT
IS IT?
WHY ARE
YOU STILL
AWAKE
AT THIS
HOUR?
ils
MORNING!
A NEEDLE
AND
THREAD?
AUNTIE
TAUGHT
ME ALL
ABOUT
DID You
PRICK
YOUR
FINGER?
YOU SIT
THERE
AND JUST
WATCH,
TEACHER!
YOU'VE
BEEN
ACTING
ALL FUNNY
SINCE
YESTERDAY.
vas
a
TEACH
ME HOW
TO SEW,
PLEASE?
I WAS SO
CONSUMED
WITH WORRY
FOR HER
THAT I
MADE HER
WORRY
ABOUT
ME.
Pad pd oA .
Sh \;i
ike
Ni NGa we
OOH!
YES,
PLEASE!
ase
OTE
20
oe I PRAY
THAT YOU
GRANT
us, YOUR
CHILDREN
WHO DWELL
YOUR INSIDE...
DIVINE
PROTECTION
IN OUR QUIET
AND HUMBLE
LIVES.
I FEAR SO,
FATHER.
MY MEN
ae Pe HAVE
TAKE CARE al se WITNESSED
TO NEVER, a Tee — IT ON AT
EVER TOUCH i LEAST TWO
IT DIRECTLY. 4, mel) N OCCASIONS.
KINDLY
CONTINUE
YOUR
HOLY
BLESSING
BE UPON
O
GRACIOUS
LORD, I
OFFER
THANKS
UNTO
you.
THANKS
WE WILL TO YOUR
SOON BE SACRED
FREE WORDS...
OF THE
UNHOLY
BLIGHT
OF THE
CURSE.
WE WILL
OBEY YOUR
COMMAND,
A Bonus from the Other Side
I'M GONNA
TEACH YOU
TO SEW
TODAY!
YEP,
HOLD IT LIKE THAT.
ON YOUR PUT THE MAKE A
LAP, IT'S NEEDLE LOOP WITH
NOW JUST BARIFE: THROUGH. THREAD.
STICK THE
THERE!
YOU SURE
ARE BAD
AT THIS,
TEACHER.
A Bonus from the Outside
ONE OF THE
SMALL ONES
DOESN'T
HAVE A
WHOLE HEAD.
(EVERYTHING
Be ABOVE THE
LOWER JAW
/S GONE.)
look for
a new
. think , |Problem
solved solved.
is quite
right.
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Shiva
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CONGIER
and cold PENDABLE.
voices...”
ISBN: 978-1-626925-23-6
Printed in Canada
First Printing: May 2017
10987654321
MUO Meme
ue Eee
Sei
sii!
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TL eT aD
To be touched by an Outsider is to become an Outsider. A
clawed, black hand reaches out to touch Shiva’ss cheek in her
sleep. The hand does not belong to Teacher. Who is this strange
new Outsider, and what do its creepy murmurings about
“mother” portend?
BETTER
FOR HER
TO TOUCH
IF THINGS IT THAN
ONE OF
GO_WRONG, us.
CONSIDER
HER
EXPEND-
ABLE.
BE-
ARE THE
FATHER'S
ORDERS.
NUTAe CT
The Girl from the Other Side
NEXT, PUT
LIGHT
PRESSURE
ON YOUR
ARM.
I SEE
NO VISIBLE you
DO NOT
APPEAR
TO BE
DISPLAYING
MUCH
OF THIS IS
CONJECTURE, YOU SURE
BASED ON KNOW
MY OWN A LOT,
EXPERIENCE TEACHER!
WITH THE
CURSE.
NEXT, BOTH
YOUR DESIRE
GRADUALLY, AND NEED
YOU LOSE FOR FOOD
THE ABILITY AND SLEEP
TO FEEL ANY FADE. YOU LOSE
BUT THE THE ABILITY
MOST BASIC TO DISCERN
SENSATIONS. TEXTURE OR
TEMPERA-
TURE.
YOU ARE mL i THAT'S ALL
SHOWING = ~/) THE B = SIMPLY MY
NO SYMPTOMS F Bm 8§6GUESS AS
AT ALL, a a ND... TO WHAT
FORTUNATELY. ee aye A COULD
er HAPPEN.
FINISHED
EXAMINING
you
WOULD
YOU LIKE
TO HAVE A
TEA PARTY?
IT’S BEEN
SOME TIME
SINCE OUR
LAST ONE.
TLL
GO GET
EVERYTHING
READY!
I MUST DO
ALL I CAN
TO MAKE
HER WORRY
LESS, NOT
MORE.
I WAS
UNABLE TO
REACH ANY
CONCLUSIONS.
fm
I HAVE NO
IDEA HOW
TO BREAK
THE CURSE,
AND...
CONFUSION
FOR ME.
SOONER OR
LATER, SHIVA
WILL BEGIN
TO SHOW
SIGNS OF
THE CURSE,
UNTIL...UNTIL...
I MUST
BE ABLE
TO FINDA
CLUE SOME-
WHERE...
WERE YOU
2
TEACHER?
0 “Y you saio
ANY PEELING \ \ YOU WERE
Clue \
eTuaT
<
es
eke
cane
perros
THOUGH!
BUCKET, THIS TIME \
SHIVA?
PONDERING
DIFFERENT
MATTER.
I TOOK A
LOOK AND
WE DON'T
HAVE MUCH
WATER
LEFT.
WE’RE
GONNA HAVE
TO GO GET
SOME MORE,
RIGHT?!
‘wecan ||
Go, RIGHT?
: TO THE
IREALLY
THINK WE
OUGHTA!
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FWohwy
WERSST
WIweS
vy
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wSSURG
j hee
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howl Ach
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ia
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WM Ww :
OM Wood
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ont '
ae ie
I'M SORRY,
SHIVA. I
SHOULD
HAVE ASKED
YOUR
PERMISSION.
WHAT DO
YOU WANNA
SEE IN MY
AUNTIE'S
BOOK?
YOU'VE
NEVER
xe
ANG ‘ AY
SHE'S
REALLY,
REALLY
GOOD AT
BRS aa ah
PLUS, INN ff
SHE KNOWS alae SEWING!
EVERY :
STORY! ALL SHE KNOWS
EVERYTHING
ABOUT
FLOWERS.
Tiunt NN| aa
\ ii wit HALON
¥at uv i HANNA
\
aWit\a iwil AM
Rea
A i"ihwi TERI
I GOT AE : HH ea
10 ettWN ao Wa 2 wt iti | a
SPECIAL | ij
y AEE
AN | say
HH} \
wa nytt
SPOT AND ,
LISTEN.
AUNTIE’S
LAP IS
THE BEST
SOMETIMES
I FELL
ASLEEP.
ae
Hy iy
H}j hi
ie
Hy i he
i
i fi
SHE
CERTAINLY
SOUNDS
LIKE A
WONDERFUL
PERSON.
I CAN
INTRODUCE
HER TO
you.
Sam
MAS
Bors
cm
a
ae
Ce
LE
ESSi
el on
eae
2
~SHVSwee
y NSISW Q
HER IN THIS
FOREST.
SHIVA
KNOWS
NOTHING
OF THAT,
OF
COURSE.
SHE WAITS ®©&
PATIENTLY
FOR
SOMEONE
7 “ ; | I MUST STOP
“eer . : . THINKING /N
FROM HER 4S THESE CIRCLES.
FOR A WHILEie Fe cae a E
OTHERWISE,
OTHERWIS
HER WORRY
AGAIN.
iia
eT
UH-HUt,
SOMEONE'S
TALKIN G.
IT'S FAIN T,
BUT I DO
HEAR IT
THROUGH
THE TREES
Sowv
W =5 Wya
PERHAPS?
WHAT
IS IT?
IT's
DANGEROUS
TO LINGER.
WE MUST...
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SARA
SA
MA
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GOOD, 7 J
rece i YOU TOOK
Was 50
PATIENT! |i
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ACa FOREVER!
Ce
= / x PRY
TERRIBLY
SORRY.
IT TOOK
A LONG
TIME, DIDN'T DO
BUT... ANYTHING
|SHOULD
GO TELL
TEACHER!
TO BE
OUTSIDE.
TEACHER
S8s
[OG
eV.
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