Finding Deaths Scythe : Humour, magic and old gods who should know better: A Norse God Short Story: Ernie Smith and the Seven Deadly Sins, #1

By Jemma Weir

Being retired was supposed to be easy. No drama, no family, no problems. Ernie should have known better than to piss off Death.

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Death's Scythe is missing, and he's refusing to collect any more ghosts until Ernie gives it back.

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There's only one problem. Ernie didn't steal it.

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Unfortunately, Death's Pride stops him from seeing any other answers. As the ghosts become a problem, Ernie has to choose: find the Scythe, or spend the rest of his retirement with people he couldn't stand when they'd been alive.

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With the ghosts in tow, Ernie starts at the one place in town that a thief might visit. The Rabid Rabbit. The brawl was not his fault.

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Finding Death's Scythe will make you laugh and Ernie cry. To steal a laugh, pick up this book today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jemma Weir
• Release date: Feb 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201213978

Jemma Weir

Too many Ideas - Never enough time How many jobs let you build your own world? Create strange magic? Develop a diverse cast of people who will live on in the minds of others? ​As an author, Jemma Weir gets to do all these things and more, as her cats chase unicorns across the breakfast table, and werewolves dig holes in the garden to torment her chihuahua, it is always an interesting day. ​Fantasy books have always been her first love, from dragons to werewolves, and vampires to elves. Now as she writes her own stories, she pulls together myths and legends, and all the crazy worlds that are her own to create stories she loves. Working from her Scottish home, she writes fantasy, with a dash of humour, and a pinch of sass. Find her at: Web Page Https:\\jemmaweir.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JemmaWeirAuthor Twitter https://twitter.com/JemmaWeirAuthor Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6540172.Jemma_Weir

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Finding Death's Scythe

Humour, Magic and Old Gods who should know better

Jemma Weir

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Jemma Weir

Also By

HIGHLAND RIFT PACK

Buried by Earth

Bitten by Frost

Battered by Storms

ERNIE SMITH

Finding Death’s Scythe

In the Cards

The Life and Chaos of a Retired Old God – Short Story Collection

STANDALONE

Wishing For Truths – Short Story

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Contents

Dedication

Finding Death's Scythe

Author's Notes

The Life and Chaos of a Retired Old God

Highland Rift Pack Series

Wishing For Truths

About Author

This story is for my Grandad, gone but not forgotten.

Finding Death's Scythe

Ernie ignored the disconcerting feeling of being watched as he turned another corner—the portraits that lined the walls were just trying to intimidate him. Except for the one who was snoring, he was asleep against his frame.

The new hallway looked like all the others, grey on grey, with more pictures and an endless looking path in front of him. Ernie took a half-dozen steps, then turned at a right angle and walked through the gap in the wall.

Ahead, finally, he could see the exit. Even better, the way looked clear. Ernie walked slowly, ready to dash across the small stretch