The Book of Kindly Deaths by Eldritch Black

Author:Eldritch Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eldritch Black

When my father, himself a writer and protector of our realm, retired from duty, he took me to the Guild in Grimwytch. I started my apprenticeship the same day, and over time they gave me a number of curious tools.

Along with the pile of blank journals that would become my Books of Kindly Deaths, I received a sword, pen, map, and a necklace of Solaarock.

The cartographer who created the map was born in the Grimwytch and had never visited our world, but had based her map on one of ours. The purpose behind her map was simple. Each time an illegal crossing was made from their world to ours, blots would appear on my map, giving their locations. Thus, I could see where the monsters had crossed and how to find them.

From time to time, the village of Tattleton had darkened upon my map, but the blot signified only a minor breach and occurred so infrequently I paid it little attention, for I had more pressing concerns.

In reflection of the tragic events that overtook Katherine Meadows, I wish I’d travelled to this dismal, foggy village sooner.

Word of the events in Tattleton reached me via my network of informants. They told how Katherine’s mother, Elizabeth Meadows, had been searching for a doctor to cure her daughter’s terrible, monstrous condition.

Immediately upon hearing the report, I packed my belongings, summoned my assistant, Sarah, and we set off.

I remembered the name Tattleton from my father. It was one of the few places where crossings from the Grimwytch to our realm had once been allowed, originally for the purposes of trading. But that was many years ago. Sadly, some of the villagers who traded with the peoples of Grimwytch had been so entranced by their strange and exotic lives that they had passed through to see the Midnight City for themselves.

A tragic mistake.

Once the Grimwytch moon had wrought its terrible power upon them, the villagers became known as the Eiderstaark, which means “they who have turned.”

As we reached the outskirts of the village of Tattleton, Katherine’s mother Elizabeth and her son David intercepted my carriage. They were keen for their business to be kept private.

Once Elizabeth Meadows finished telling me of Katherine’s circumstances, I could barely contain my rage. “Where is she now?” I demanded.

Elizabeth pointed to a large hill overlooking the village. “There’s a cave…”

“Your daughter’s living in a cave?”

“We all thought it best,” Elizabeth said. “After the other villagers saw her, they turned on us. Threatened to burn our house down if we didn’t send her away. I didn’t want her to go. It was Katherine’s idea.”

“We take food to her every day,” David said.

I glanced at the village of Tattleton, my anger raging. “What a soulless, vindictive place.”

Elizabeth Meadows began to speak, but I held up my hand. “Just take me to Katherine. Now.”

I found Katherine sitting by a smoldering fire, and I’d never seen such a pitiful, dejected figure. Having met the Eiderstaark in my travels, I knew what to expect, but poor Katherine hadn’t completely turned.

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