Story Secrets - The Ratfather
Update: 2025-05-31
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π§ I planned to write a cute squirrel story set in the Vatican Gardens.
It turned into The Godfather.
It was supposed to be a cozy little tale about nuts, teamwork, and helping your neighbor.
But then⦠the rat showed up.
He sauntered in, offered help, spoke in velvet tones, and called the squirrel βbrother.β Before I knew it, I was knee-deep in a squirrel-mafia parable about extortion, complicity, and sacrifice.
And somehow, it ended on Christmas Eve under the lights of St. Peterβs Square.
Β Read the final version of the story here: https://fatherroderick.substack.com/p/the-ratfather
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