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Over By Christmas (a Gothic short story)

Started by Alec Worley, 21 December, 2023, 01:09:21 PM

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Alec Worley

For the first time in so very many years, I've written a story that belongs to me.

Though a story isn't worth much if you keep it to yourself, so...

Anyway, it's a short story called Over By Christmas, a Weird winter's tale of lost time, lost hearts and one very long night...

(30-minute read, dark fantasy, PG-13 [contains some offensive language], best read with a hot whiskey and a roaring fire. Please note: the author takes no responsibility for the quality, temperature, or potency of any hot alcoholic beverage. The reader agrees to take full responsibility for any actions that may arise as a result of drinking, including swearing at neighbours from a bedroom window, hitting a relative with a turkey drumstick, tearful phone messages to ex-partners, being escorted into a Romford police station while dressed as Santa, etc. The reader also agrees to enjoy fire responsibly, and refrain from touching, spreading, eating, and summoning any or all Dark Gods of the Realms Unknownable. All such fires must be contained within a fireplace that conforms to national safety regulations. Should the conflagration spread to other areas of your living space, please email your local fire brigade and await further instruction...)

And a very merry Christmas to all ye squaxx!

Barrington Boots

Enthralling, engaging, and saddening (in a good way). Lovely stuff.

Cheers and Merry Christmas to you too!
You're a dark horse, Boots.

broodblik

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

Old age is the Lord's way of telling us to step aside for something new. Death's in case we didn't take the hint.

Alec Worley

Thanks so much for reading, guys!! Have a cool yule, the both of ye!