Pestilence And Mortality
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This short story is based on the bubonic plague of 1348-1350. The main character is a teenage girl named Jezebel Atkins, who is accompanied by her childhood best friend Braydn Caldwell and her loyal dog, Gunner. You will see the story through her eyes as her hometown of Messina, Sicily is overrun with the plague. Who is to blame? ...Trading ships from the Black Sea, perhaps? Do you dare to walk along her dark and treacherous path of trial and judgement?
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