Grandpa's Cemetery Secret
A Micro Fiction Mystery
My grandfather was eccentric. He told adventurous tales that no one believed, including one about very rich sisters. He even gave me an old key and a riddle associated with that story:
“You will find greatest treasure where Faith and Hope abide forever.”
After his burial, I aimlessly wandered towards the cemetery’s backside. Secluded behind pine trees, I happened upon an ornate, locked marble mausoleum. It didn’t belong to our family, but the names on the plaques were oddly familiar: Agnes Faith and Ruth Hope.
“Can’t be,” I thought. Inserting the key, it turned and clicked. The door swung open.
About the Creator
Rae Fairchild (MRB)
I love to write; putting pen to paper fills my heart and calms my soul!
Rae Fairchild is my pen name. (Because why not? Pseudonyms are cool!)
I do publish elsewhere under my real name, Mary Rae Butler. (Fairchild, an old family surname.)
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I wrote this story as part of my ko-fi based writing group's prompt for April 2024. It's inspired by a D&D party of mine, with Skylar being my own character from that game. Prompt: Everyone else is positive that the dusty, ancient tome you found on your last expedition is a long-lost spellbook, with the grimoire containing magics long thought lost to this world. You, however, are pretty sure it's just a cookbook. I also used this prompt as the basis for my Storytelling Collective Comics Challenge this year, so I'll share the comic at the end of this.
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