The fourth story of A Gathering of Crows, "Better Off Dead", was written by Edward Dunphy and illustrated by Adam McDaniel and Paul Fricke.   I've always wondered why people would face a slow, painful death instead of rising up against their oppressors?   Where do the horrors of ancient folklore and modern war intersect, and what can people do about it?   As they say, no good deed should go unpunished!

"Bowdheer" was the name of a magical cooking pot of a supernatural witch in Ethiopian mythology for cooking the bones of the dead.   The myth had a lot in common with the Russian witch, Baba Yaga, even though they were separated by centuries and thousands of miles...

The fourth story of A Gathering of Crows, "Better Off Dead", was written by Edward Dunphy and illustrated by Adam McDaniel and Paul Fricke.   I've always wondered why people would face a slow, painful death instead of rising up against their oppressors?   Where do the horrors of ancient folklore and modern war intersect, and what can people do about it?   As they say, no good deed should go unpunished!