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Chapters

  • The World Outside

    The priest carries the whole parish’s sins down the cellar stairs. Custodian, Part 8 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

  • Tending

    Velvet antlers, a farrier’s rasp, and a ritual of care that is anything but. Custodian, Part 7 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

  • The Heat

    The third spring brings a change the priest’s schedule never accounted for. Custodian, Part 6 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

  • Civilization

    Maintenance disguised as care, three years deep. Custodian, Part 5 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

  • Service

    Three years of evenings, and the chain has become a clock. Custodian, Part 4 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

  • Temptation

    The cellar becomes a country with a shrinking border. Custodian, Part 3 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

  • The Training

    A chain, an iron cuff, and the cellar’s new clock. Custodian, Part 2 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

  • The First Sin

    A disciplined priest carries a wounded, antlered creature out of the November woods and into his cellar. Custodian, Part 1 — free to read.

  • The Warden and the Bath

    He ran the water and tested it with his wrist. Competence was the product. Nobody Came Looking, Chapter 6 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

  • The Devil in the Armchair

    Ethan was right, and that was the worst part. Nobody Came Looking, Chapter 5 — read the opening free, finish on Substack.

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