Tempting Curses

Each curse here is built to punish a specific misdeed, turning the affliction into poetic justice rather than a random affliction.

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There is a cruel logic to most curses, which torment their victims in ways that speak to their misdeeds. Each curse becomes a cautionary tale of the price of bad behavior returned threefold.

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