Introduction: “You speak of tales, why don’t you tell me one? Tell me how you became a monster.”“Why tell you when I can show you?” After twenty long, arduous years, the lich king has finally been killed and defeated. Months later, Kalvin, a trained medium, arrives at an infamous island with more wards than there are stars in the sky. He's been assigned to speak with the dead villain in order to glean more information about his mysterious motives as well as how he came across his deadly magic, but all he does is insist that Kalvin would've walked the same path he had in his shoes.And when the villain brings him back in time and Kalvin awakens in his infant body, he must spend the next forty years proving him wrong. [Dead Men Tell The Best Tales Magazine Contest Entry- January 2025]...