Notes Toward a Training Manual for New Keepers
The official manual is forty-three pages. Eleven of its statements are accurate. None of them are useful.
By Luna Asli Kolcu
Fantasy, horror & gothic fiction exploring the spaces between loss and becoming. Where grief becomes myth. Stories with heart for those who walk in shadows.
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