horror
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The Apothecary’s Tree
A burial greeted the rainy season. At the bottom of a valley, an apothecary stared down a grave. There lay his wife wrapped in linen with a plum pit in her hands. The attendants laid flowers before filling the hollow with soil. Shadows swallowed her, and the apothecary wiped his face as the Earth claimed… Continue reading
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The Teller’s Last Tale
There was a village trapped in a labyrinth of ice. The people did not know where they came from, nor could they leave. Their only guides were the broken beams of a wooden vessel and an enduring black fire. On the coldest night, the fire faltered. To save it, the villagers tore a plank from… Continue reading
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