Cast of Wonders 361: Heartless• Author:
Peadar Ó Guilín• Narrator:
Tonia Thompson• Host:
Katherine Inskip• Audio Producer:
Jeremy Carter• First published in
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #84, December 15, 2011
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Click here to listen to Episode 361Content Warning: body horror; some violent elements right at the start“No one asks for death.” This was the proud boast of the city of Kalegwyn. “No one ever asks for it.” Until Malern did. A bad move for her, as it turned out. She awoke on Castellan Garvinger’s operating table with his favourite surgeon elbow-deep in her chest.
“This is going to hurt,” said Garvinger from somewhere in the background. “Scream all you want."Tags: choices, death, Fantasy, Horror, immortality, Jeremy Carter, Katherine Inskip, magic, Peadar Ó Guilín, siblings, Summer Spotlight, survival, Tonia Thompson, witchcraft
