Saint Darwin’s Spirituals
Ghost inspectors and golems patrol the streets of Whitechapel. Prostitutes turn tricks for the fever-dream flesh lusts of the spiritual. And the statue of Saint Darwin, the scientist who broke the barrier between the natural and the supernatural, oversees it all. Now a disciple of Darwin - a woman of skin and bone - follows a trail of blood and corpses over cobblestone streets, hoping to unravel the devastating mystery of her own life.
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Written by D.K. Thompson
Narration by Rick Stringer, Ali Groves, Dani Cutler, Maia Whitaker, and Anne Stringer
Music by Abney Park
Artwork by Vincent Chong
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Saint Darwin’s Spirituals
Copyright 2008 D.K. Thompson
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Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2008 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
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