Gravekeeper
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A short, atmospheric story, which can't be described very much without giving things away.
This story originally made available for pay-what-you-want on itch.io, and later I recorded myself reading it for Youtube. If you'd like to support me and my writing-career, you can still purchase this story: https://zacharywhitworth.itch.io/gravekeeper
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