An Extract from A Collection of Death & the Undead - An Ode to the Not Forgotten

    Not everything goes bump in the night. Some glide sorrowfully through castle halls and others stalk the dark, looking for prey. From monsters who died long ago and still walk our world, to creatures who herald death, to those mourning the loss of a king, or grieving a loved one, the short pieces in this collection are themed around death, loss and the undead.

NOTE: This collection draws together short pieces from the flash fiction and poetry collections in this series, but includes a number of short stories that can only be found within its covers.

Released on October 5, 2022, A Collection of Death and the Undead is the eleventh title in the C.M.'s Collections series. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/47gVYg.

An Ode to the Not Forgotten

The tears come unbidden for people I may not even know, because they are part of an old friend’s heart. I cannot fight a battle for them, or defend them from the illness that will kill them. I can only mourn.

And I will mourn. The sun rises, its light kissing the window arch with color, and warming the stone. It warms me, too, and I think on those we have lost, and those we are losing. I stand for one, long minute, and then another, and, finally, a third. My heart aches, and the light blurs.

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Similar stories to this can be found in other volumes of C.M.'s Collections and the reading list can be found here on Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/rl/Gw8Oaz, while links to A Collection of Death & the Undead can be found on Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/47gVYg

  

Cover art is by Jake at JCaleb Design, and links to A Collection of Death & the Undead can be found on Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/47gVYg.