Archive for August 2021
Spark (10 of 11) Everyone will burn to their death. By fire or by sorrow…
Richard and I return to our work tending the water cows. The church takes a little of the money my father had. Father’s debtors are too afraid to acknowledge any relationship with him, so we are permitted to keep the rest. Everything else we had didn’t mean anything. I scan our small cottage: flimsy cots,…
Read MoreSpark (9 of 11) Slowly over the fire until his bones crack and pop as the marrow drips onto the flames…
Clad in a short black robe that falls to the tops of his knees, one of the executioners, Mr. Tackie, strips Father naked and dry-shaves him. Says it makes discovering the Devil’s mark less tedious. When not torturing and executing people, Mr. Tackie fixes boots and shoes next door to the blacksmith. The weight of…
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