About 17,500 words
"The Fool" is a nonlinear narrative concerning an off the map town and the castle that sits at its border, whose crumbling halls carry the violent sounds of the creature within.
"The Fool" is a story of five friends referred to this town by a sixth, who uncover the evil quarantined and fall victim to the madness it spreads by touch alone.
"The Fool" is a tale of a town tethered to crimes of the past, to the man whose presence is foretold by impossible weather and desperate whispers in shadowy places.
"The Fool" is one part of a massive project, where each story involved is both standalone and connected, and will culminate into a series of novels currently in the works. With no constraints in regards to genre or format, each story is given the freedom to express itself fully, whether it be as a fantasy, science fiction or literary piece, or even as a horror screenplay.