Indiscriminately, Death danced with man.

He threw his hands skyward, skeletal yet undefined, and began to move irregularly; jarringly. Each mortal decayed – rotting as they moved, ashened and broken – reluctantly reformed and reborn to continue their maniacally frantic fire-pit choreography. Vivid. Brazen. Bare-boned. A final, unending, desperate act of life.

Kristian Hale is a writer based in Manchester, UK. His short story compilation, ‘A Taste of Chaos’ is currently available in Paperback on Amazon, with the upcoming debut novel ‘The Forest and His Lover’ set to be released in early 2025. You can learn more about current and upcoming work at kristianhale.wordpress.com.