Calcified Veins

Some stains never wash out. Some secrets are buried in bone.

Rural Nebraska, 1998. The Hollow Creek Rendering Plant sits rotting in the expansive silence of the cornfields-a rusted monument to industrial slaughter, scheduled for demolition. For Jarek Halloway and his specialized cleanup crew, it's supposed to be one last dirty job: drain the basement vats, seal the pipes, and walk away with a paycheck.

But the sludge at the bottom of the tanks isn't normal waste. It is a silvery, viscous lega...