Six tales, with dates and entries from the infernal calendar.
Read in publication order below, or use the chronology at the foot of the page.
A man accepts terms he barely reads. Hell, unlike the living, preserves the receipt.
When: February 22, near midnight. Holiday: The Feast of Broken Vows.
TemptationFree WillThe ThresholdA holy man arrives expecting trumpets. The books below have been counting different things.
When: October 13, ninth bell. Holiday: The Feast of the Scapegoat.
HypocrisyJudgmentThe CourtSatan takes the stand. Heaven brings evidence; humanity appears in too many signatures.
When: August 19, Court Above. Holiday: The Day of the Accused.
RebellionBlameThe TribunalThe faithful demand justice. The dead beneath the glass have brought dates, names, and consequences.
When: November 13, first docket. Holiday: The Tribunal of Saints.
FaithAccountabilityThe CourtA forbidden scripture survives the furnace and restores testimony its keepers erased.
When: September 9, ash-hour. Holiday: The Festival of Forbidden Knowledge.
DoctrineRevisionThe ScriptoriumA preacher begins his last defense in the dark, before the audience he spent a lifetime inventing.
When: December 24-25, from 3:17 a.m. onward. Holiday: Unholy Night, shifting into Christmas in Hell if the visitation crosses midnight.
ReputationTruthThe Ash ChapelChronology: The Bargain → The Accuser → The Furnace Gospel → The Pious → The Tribunal → The Last Sermon.
By narrator: the condemned, the adversary, the clerk, the faithful, and the dead. No witness is neutral. No record is complete.