When The Blue Frog Tavern collapses, the noise of the timber splintering and collapsing on itself is enough to wake the dead. Mayor Emeritas is aware of this possibility, and eager to have the tavern demolished as quickly as possible. With him are four other people, one of them dead on the ground—the sacrifice. The building appears to collapse of its own accord, aided by the thing beneath it, deep underground. By Brian Craddock. Cover art by shane K Ryan.