The Bone-Stag Walks
ShortStory 3,379 words Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources
In mid-winter, a skeletal stag comes to the village begging for food, but it eats anyone foolish enough to talk to it.
Content warnings 4
body-horrorcannibalismdeathviolence
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