The Grave Secret

A necromancer, James Gordon Atwood III, searches Greenwood Memorial Cemetery for a fresh grave.  Atwood reflects on his studies of profane texts and eagerly anticipates the fruits of his dark pursuits. 

Finding a patch of fresh-tilled earth, Atwood arranges thirteen candles along the vertices of a hexagram and intones an incantation in a long-forgotten language.  In the silence that follows his chanting, Atwood worries that his endeavor to join body and spirit has failed.

Smoke rises from the grave, and a white hand bursts from the ground.  A corpse clambers from its resting place to stand before Atwood.  The necromancer moves aside as the horror stalks through the cemetery, intent on fulfilling its unspoken purpose.