The Withering Evergreens by Dorian Valentine

Horror, Historical, Paranormal Fantasy – Short Story

Part of the itch.io bundle

After the birth of her son, Silence Winthrop is slowly succumbing to her guilt. Jonah is not the son of her older merchant husband but born of another man’s seed. When the guilt finally manifests as an apparition within the Church, she must decide if she wishes to follow her heart or what is expected of her by the Puritan Church.

Tropes
religious psychosis, god’s chosen, I support women’s rights and women’s wrongs

Tags
polyamory, no spice, religious horror

Content Warnings

child death, cheating, pseudo-incest (adult stepson x stepmother), postpartum depression, mentions of abortion, grief, destruction of a corpse, mass murder