At the End of the River Styx

Description

Before he can be reborn, Zan has spent 499 years bound in a 500-year curse to process souls for the monstrous Ferrymanand if he fails he dies.

In Portland, Bastian is grieving. He survived a car accident that took his mother and impulse-purchased a crumbling bookstore with the life insurance money.

But in sleep, deaths mark keeps dragging Bastian into Zans office. It shouldnt be a problem to log his soul and forget he ever existed. But when Zan follows Bastian through his memories of grief and hope, Zan realizes that he is not ready for Bastian to die.

The boys borrow time hiding in the memories of the dead while the Ferryman hunts them, and Zan must decide if hes willing to give up his chance at life to save Bastianand Bastian must decide if hes willing to keep living if it means losing Zan.

Author Information

Michelle Kulwicki (she/they) is a mother of three and a professional cellist by night. Her short stories have been published in Fusion Fragment and Ellipsis Zine, as well as many other anthologies and literary magazines. At the End of the River Styx is her literary debut.