Flash Fic Friday - SHADOW OF THE GRAVE

 

Flash Fic - a short, short story of exactly 100 words...posted on random Fridays!

This week - SHADOW OF THE GRAVE

The village witch spread the seeds in the newly upturned soil of an unjustly hung man, hoping to wreak havoc. She tills the soil of an innocent man convicted as the beast. Yet the real beast lives.

The Flower Moon. The grave of the condemned righteous man. The blossom of wolfsbane.

The witch doesn’t know the secrets. The man sacrificed himself for his child, the real beast. Also, she planted the seeds too close to the tombstone where the shadow shields the saplings from the light of the moon, thereby breaking the spell.

The man continues to protect his daughter.