Do you remember the ghost stories told around campfires and sleeping bags? The tales of giant’s toes and Bloody Mary. What happened before the ghost story? This collection of short/flash fictions is a reworking of those ghost stories. A telling of what happened before the ghost story.

Grace has become an apprentice to Dark Annie- a healer among the Rabble. During her apprenticeship she meets the mysterious Deer Lady, what does she want with Grace? And what is her connection to the disappearance of young children?