“The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie” by Kathleen Jennings

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Story can be read on-line: https://www.tor.com/2021/09/01/the-wonderful-stag-or-the-courtship-of-red-elsie-kathleen-jennings/

Rating: 3/5 Stars

A short, evocative fairy tale with horror elements about a stag who gives rings to those whose marriage it approves of. But one man desperately want to wed one particular woman, but is thwarted, for the stag eludes him. Until one day, he hatches a terrible plan to get a ring, whose outcome would lead to a horrifying punishment.

Story read from 2021/09/08 to 2021/09/08