The Anchorite Wakes
ShortStory 4,395 words Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources
Sister Nadine sits in her cell at the church and offers wisdom to any of the townspeople who come by. But she’s starting to see things that suggest the world isn’t quite what it seems to be.
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