{"id":5211,"date":"2020-11-24T21:37:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T05:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/the-carrion-tree\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:32:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:32:13","slug":"the-carrion-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/the-carrion-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carrion Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The birds circled overhead, their screeching caws more than anything else telling him he was far from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Carrion Tree” by Harper Kingsley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The birds circled overhead, their screeching caws more than anything else telling him he was far from home.<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> The Carrion Tree<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[143,369],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-5211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kindled","tag-artwork","tag-harperwck"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-1m3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5229,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/on-the-first-day-of-xmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":5211,"position":0},"title":"On the first day of Xmas…","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"December 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"On the first day of Xmas, Harper Kingsley wrote for me of Darkstar transformed into a tree Title: The Carrion Tree Author: Harper Kingsley Character: Kanon-Darkstar, post-Battle for Terra The setup: After ruling a city of sycophants, a tired-of-all-the-bs Darkstar approaches Dr. Zee for the technology to jump universes. 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