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After losing her fiancé to mysterious and untimely death, a grief-stricken woman refuses to accept a world without him. She performs a forbidden wedding ritual, binding herself halfway between life and death, and summons a psychopomp to serve as her guide. In exchange for a chance to see her beloved again in Arcadia, a serene, pastoral afterlife, she must escort wandering souls to their final rest.


Each passage demands more than endurance: she must shoulder the burden of their lives, relive their memories, and battle the demons, literal and symbolic, that plagued them in the waking world. One successful escort is one visit to her fiancé, yet every journey tests the limits of her devotion as the weight of lives crush her own.

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1

Word Count

2,782

Read Time

14 mins

Publish Date

8/27/2025

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Arcady Rivers

I'm a writer and poet who delves into the emotional architecture of the soul, weaving themes of grief, transformation, and hidden inner worlds into lyrical verse. Deeply inspired by the quiet intensity of human experience, My work often explores the tension between longing and healing, darkness and light.

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