The Mourning Orchard

Every grave in Thornwick grows an apple tree, and every fruit holds one true memory of the dead—but each bite ages the eater and brings the tree closer to its final harvest. Orchardkeeper Saffron Birchall has been secretly devouring her late wife's tree, and now a black rot is spreading through the roots, souring memories into nightmares. With the autumn festival days away and a stranger offering a cure that may be worse than the disease, Saffron must confront a devastating truth: she is the blight's source.