The 34th Cursed Bride

Jaylene was born a stone maiden. No man who tried to consummate a marriage with her lived past that night, and she had been married three times and was still a virgin. Her mother was ill and Jaylene needed money for her. A man who did not believe in the curse paid a hundred silver dollars for her and she was married into the Murphy family in a wedding held at night, as the thirty-fourth trial wife of the young master, Mr. Murphy. After that came the screaming that sounded partly like a person and partly like a dog, women who went missing without a trace, and the young master who had no face. Jaylene's own origins were uncovered along the way.