The Ones Where I Cheated: Part 3 of 4 (May 2020)
The Quill
Also on the lectern is the quill that needs no ink. She flicks through the book's pages, skimming their contents until she reaches a certain section, which she reads carefully three times. She stands in thought for a long time, lips moving in silent composition.
Then, taking the quill she strikes through what is already there, and in a flurry she writes, desperate not to lose her thread.
Done, she turns to the book's last page and heaves a gentle sigh of disappointment as she finishes reading. She glances down at the skeleton in undertaker's garb, unmoved at the doorway. By this point, I'd abandoned the idea of making each story a standalone entirely.