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Spindlewheel StoriesVitriate vs SalviaWhen you die, what hand will guide you from your body?
Let's make the assumption that there is something beyond this flimsy world. Let's assume whatever life or afterlife awaits you, you will meet it fully deserved. Now, the psychopomp who leads you there: what are they owed?
A gold coin for the trip across the river of course, prayers and well-wishes granted to you by whoever saw fit to have you buried with honor and rites. But let's say you weren't buried; that you didn't die with honor; that there is no one to pray for...2019-05-1900 min
Spindlewheel StoriesFestival: Phantom FerryThe belltower of that dreadful church is the first landmark to break the horizon on the return trip across the river. He spends every waking minute straining his ears to hear its bell over the choppy waves, the groaning wood, and the whining passengers. But even that is not a comfort, but the promise of even more dull-eyed figures desperately waiting to rush his boat and shriek if he so much as pauses to stretch his aching back.
Just imagine if he could take a break. That crooked spine pulled straight and tall, those straining muscles at...2018-10-0500 min