Flash Fiction: A Question Of Immortality
Flash Fiction: A Question of Immortality
“Stop burning the body,” demanded Shia, leading her guards into the smoke-filled chamber. “Your highness? Your father bade me destroy this thing,” the large, bare-chested priest responded in surprise, dumping red glowing coals from his shovel. “And you’ve been trying for four moons,” she snapped. “She still starts growing flesh the moment you take her bones out of the fire?” In a whisper he…
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