The Gravedigger's Tale

<p>The Gravedigger's Tale is a collation of nine short stories all with horror themes - several have been adapted from old posts of mine on the realistic-style subreddit /r/NoSleep; several have been adapted from old TweetFics of mine; a few others are just scattered horror stories from my archives.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Letters from the Dead</strong>: 17k rated M first person POV. A few years removed - and thus safe - from his old posting a gravedigger finally tells the tale of his haunting. Written in the style of a diarised blog post originally posted on /r/NoSleep. CW for homophobia grief potential mental illness.</p><p><strong>I Forgot My Manners</strong>: 2.7k rated M first person POV. A young woman forgets her manners when encountering strangers on the path and lives in dread of the consequences. Written in the style of a diarised blog post originally posted on /r/NoSleep. Set near to Llallwg National Park.</p><p><strong>Wild Country:</strong> 3k rated T first person POV. A young woman walks home alone on a foggy night and soon regrets it. Written in the style of a blog post originally posted on /r/NoSleep.</p><p><strong>The Door:</strong> 600w. They forgot about the door somehow. Adapted from a TweetFic.</p><p><strong>The Coffin at Sea:</strong> 400w. A vessel picks up a coffin afloat at sea. Adapted from a TweetFic.</p><p><strong>The Ring:</strong> Rated T 5k M/M. A young man misses his departed boyfriend. Tragedy and horror and ghosts in this one - note CWs for different kinds of domestic violence implied throughout infidelity death and references to suicide and self-harm.<strong> </strong>Adapted from a TweetFic</p><p><strong>Green Thumb: </strong>2.6k rated M. A chicken farmer tries to impress his new neighbour by growing him some flowers but everything that he grows dies. Adapted from a TweetFic.</p><p><strong>The Lighthouse:</strong> 700w. A ghost story.</p><p><strong>The Shepherd</strong>: 1.3k. Abstract Horror. <em>Red sky at night shepherd's delight.</em></p><p> </p><p>All stories included bar <em>The Shepherd</em> are set in my <em>Magic Beholden</em> universe but are readable individually as standalone stories.</p>