The Shroud Eater: Miasma

A plague doctor takes his own life after being pressured to murder a plague victim – quarantined in life and now in death, with his fate in question by the ruler of purgatory.Inspired by the legend of the plague doctor who took his own life on the now-haunted Poveglia Island, this companion piece tells the story through a philosophical and metaphysical lens, theorizing what happens to him in the after-life. After 2 years of when it was first released, Miasma is now revamped and the final piece of The Shroud Eater flash fiction, the story that intimately focusing on the nuances of what led to his suicide - both stories are now included in this version.