Fallen Tree
Fallen Tree is a speculative fantasy short story that follows Avon, a young druid, in the immediate aftermath of the chosen hero’s death. As ritual, prophecy, and communal need threaten to erase the man he loved, Avon must navigate grief, anger, and abandonment in a world that teeters on silent oblivion. The story explores how destiny can hollow the people it elevates, and how love persists even as memory, faith, and certainty begin to decay.
Told in an intimate first-person voice, the narrative moves between public ritual and private remembrance, tracing Avon’s gradual reckoning with loss and the terrible burden of destiny. Through cycles of memory, sacrifice, and return, Fallen Tree examines grief as both a destructive and transformative force, the tension between fate and choice, and the quiet, painful act of letting go.
