At The Roots Of All Deeds

(For the January 2025 Community Contest Magazine - Prompt: The Dead Tell The Best Tales)

When the Everseason tree bears fruit, the veiled one comes to pluck them and listens to their stories.

That time has now come. As the tree demands it's annual offering from the four corners of the world for the hundredth year running.

Will you stay and listen to the tales of the dead?