Baby Grand — Joseph E. Keene

DEVIL'S TUNE


The baby grand was a beauty. From its gleaming rosewood finish and it 88 mother-of-pearl keys to the flawless workings of its inner hammers and dampers, the piano was a masterpiece of exquisite craftsmanship.


Sometimes, late at night, the children in town heard a haunting melody, rippling on the wind, as if to lure them into the empty Wellington house. But if they were ever to follow the wistful strains of music, they would discover terror beyond their worst nightmares. For the baby grand was an instrument of horror, and the melody it played a seductive song of evil. And the polished rosewood hid the stains of bright red blood…