A Tithe Of Red
A Tithe of Red (from the short story collection titled Things Left In The Dark)
By M. T. Maliha and narrated by Tracy Collier
The soil has gone dead.
The gardens have stopped growing. But starvation isn't the true threat.
The real danger waits patiently just beyond the tree line, where shadows grow long and the woods begin.
Something is lurking at the edge of the forest. Ancient. Hungry. And waiting to learn how to take back what it is owed.
Survival requires a sacrifice extracted straight from the veins, and the entity will not retreat until it collects its heavy, crimson tax.