THE EVIL OF OZ

WRITTEN BY RYAN FULLER

ART BY SANJANA BAIJNATH

LETTERS BY JAYMES REED

EVILOFOZ.COM

“While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth...”from L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

walk methrough it.

the intrudercame in hard through

the front door.

it happenedfast. the woman...emily, was sittingat the table. the intruder was onher before she

had a chanceto stand up.

the husband,henry, came running

in from the kitchen. the intruder was big. verybig. the old man didn’t

stand a chance.

theintruder

cut out theirhearts.

my god.motive?

what’sher name?

dorothy...

he was definitelylooking for something.

he tore the entire house apart. especially the

girl’s room upstairs.

the girl?

their niece.she lives with them,

but wasn’t home at thetime. she’s the onewho found them.

whereis she?

upstairs.she refuses to come outside.

“dorothy gale.”

hello,dorothy.

I’m the chiefof police. I’mso sorry for

your loss.

| wore themout tonight. | don’t

know why.

I don’tunderstand.

| wore themout tonight,

for the first time since | came

back.

They stillfit. | guess they

always fit.

we’ll have acrew out first

thing in the morningto clean up. we’d like

you to come back to thestation with us forthe night. so you’re

not alone.

No thankyou. |’m goingto see some old

friends.

You’dbest be onyour way.

There’sa stormcoming.

The instrument of my devastation shall become the

mechanism of my vengeance. And though that which you’ve taken from me can never be restored

you will serve me until |am satisfied.

Oh loathsomeaxe, oh grislyblade, | lay myclaim to you.