Regeneration

Welcome to In The Cards, a multi-author collection of standalone thriller and horror short stories. In this series, you’ll find stories inspired by the meaning of a specific Tarot Card, thoughtfully written with that thread woven through. Whether you’re a Tarot Card lover or not, you’ll find thrillers and horrors that will creep under your skin and into your thoughts. Knowledge of Tarot Cards is not necessary to read or enjoy these stories. In a small isolated community amongst oceans of corn and pockets of old growth woods, two sisters prepare for the Regeneration. Every spring, the chapel’s congregation meets in a forest grove, and wait for the ritual to begin. To heed the call of the True One to “be fruitful and multiply” and combat declining birth rates, women have gladly participated in the Regeneration for many, many years. Some girls leave, trekking through the woods under the cover of night, looking for a new way to live. But they are never seen again. But most, including Leanne’s older sister Mina, want to accept the gift the True One has given them. After two months of quiet, Leanne and Mina reunite at the Regeneration. 17-year-old Mina is ready to pursue motherhood with her new husband. 13-year-old Leanne fears how everything will be different after the ritual. Make sure you come back and check out the other stories, because you never know what’s In The Cards.