A Skull Short Story

An original piece inspired by the story of a skull who comes to dinner: In a Flemish folktale a castellan* kicks against a skull while going for a walk on the churchyard. He says to the skull,"if there's any life in you, you're invited for dinner this evening". That evening the skull shows up for dinner.

*A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of governor is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant of the medieval idea of the castellan as head of the local prison.