A death in the family takes Jim Cleary from Boston to Appalachia. There amid the grey and green Kentucky hills sits the Cottage his great-grandfather built. The rustic calm gives little hint of what lies beneath the stars that hang so silent, cold, and bright.

If you prefer reading: https://thefractaljournal.com/2023/01/31/the-cottage-2019-story-excerpt/

Note: This narration contains music. Some of which may not fit the mood the story has you in. Difficult to have good production values on a limited budget of time and funds. So, I also uploaded without music:

_{Alex Weir – January 2023}