Wages of Sin

<p>Tess Hawkhurst has retired to Sinneport Sussex to raise her daughter run the Mairemaid Inn and engage in a little illicit business on moonless nights. She reckons she's content but one fateful night a group of wandering musicians  evoke her past so vividly it's hard to tell what's what and when's when...and Tess is left wondering who else might come calling.</p><p>Inspired by the song Wages of Sin from The Dark Design debut album 12 Tall Tales this story was first published in The Dark Design Anthology: Tale of the Red Queen and Other Stories.</p>