Dan Pratt

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“Mara, the Lady of the Dead” by Dan Pratt

Submitted to Contest #221

In the land of Ocitta, everyone knows that the dead do not rest easy. From old wives' tales and children’s bedtime stories to sketchy first-hand accounts and scholarly discussions, the land was full of stories of animated skeletons, shambling corpses and the dark forces that commanded them.  Although many of these stories have become embellished or exaggerated over the years, they often have a basis in truth. This is one of those stories - the story of Mara, the Lady of the Dead.  Mara was a young woman of wealth and fortune fr...

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Aspiring writer and all round cliché. Entering writing competitions and posting short stories as often as I can.