The Grief Collector (short story)

The Grief Collector

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Writer:

Justin Richards

Read by:

Michelle Gomez

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Time Lord Fairy Tales

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Time Lord Fairy Tales: Slipcase Edition

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The Grief Collector was the thirteenth short story in Time Lord Fairy Tales.

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Eleventh Doctor era (2013-2014)

Summer Falls and Other Stories	About the Authors • Summer Falls: Introduction • Summer Falls • The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery • Devil in the Smoke

11 Doctors, 11 Stories	A Big Hand for the Doctor • The Nameless City • The Spear of Destiny • The Roots of Evil • Tip of the Tongue • Something Borrowed • The Ripple Effect • Spore • The Beast of Babylon • The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage • Nothing O'Clock

Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand	Tales of Trenzalore • Let it Snow • An Apple a Day... • Strangers in the Outland • The Dreaming

The Shakespeare Notebooks	Notes on a Play • Exits and Entrances • The True Tragedie of Macbeth • Cymbeline • Diary Extract • The Dream • A Prologue • The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet • The Tempest – A Work in Progress • Exit, by Another Means • The Winter's Tale • Antony and Cleopatra • Troilus and Cressida • Pericles • Coriolanus • Master Faustus • The Sonnets • As You Like It • Double Falsehood • Hamlet • Timon of Athens • Hamlet's Soliloquy • Academic Notes • Ye Unearthly Childe • Appendix - The Last Will

Twelfth Doctor era (2014-2018)

12 Doctors, 12 Stories	Lights Out

Time Trips	The Death Pit • Into the Nowhere • Keeping up with the Joneses • Salt of the Earth • A Handful of Stardust • The Bog Warrior • The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller • The Anti-Hero • A Long Way Down

The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who	Sunset Over Venus • The Lost Generation • The Room with All the Doors • The Hungry Night • All the Empty Towers • Rewriting History • Silver Mosquitoes • In Search of Lost Time • Natural Regression • Potential Energy • The Arboreals • The Piper • The Girl Who Stole the Stars • The Mercy Seats • The Constant Doctor

Heroes and Monsters Collection	The Stranger • The Hero Factor • Mission to Galacton • Stamp of Approval • The Final Darkness • No Fun at the Fair • Taking Mickey • Needlepoint • A Dog's Life • The Secret of the Stones • The Planet That Wept • Disappearing Act • Once Upon a Time • Best Friends • Most Beautiful Music • Secret of Arkatron • Blind Terror • Amy's Escapade • Rory's Adventure • The Fifty-year Delay • Birth of a Legend • Lorna's Escape • Going Off the Rails • Normality • When the Wolves Came • Buyer's Remorse

Time Lord Fairy Tales	The Garden of Statues • Frozen Beauty • Cinderella and the Magic Box • The Twins in the Wood • The Three Little Sontarans • Jak and the Wormhole • Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday • Little Rose Riding Hood • The Gingerbread Trap • The Scruffy Piper • Helana and the Beast • Andiba and the Four Slitheen • The Grief Collector • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sirgwain and the Green Knight • The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes

The Legends of Ashildr	The Arabian Knightmare • The Fortunate Isles • The Triple Knife • The Ghosts of Branscombe Wood

The Legends of River Song	Picnic at Asgard • Suspicious Minds • A Gamble with Time • Death in New Venice • River of Time

The American Adventures	All That Glitters • Off the Trail • Ghosts of New York • Taking the Plunge • Spectator Sport • Base of Operations

Twelve Doctors of Christmas	All I Want for Christmas • A Comedy of Terrors • The Christmas Inversion • Three Wise Men • Sontar's Little Helpers • Fairy Tale of New New York • The Grotto • Ghost of Christmas Past • The Red Bicycle • Loose Wire • The Gift • The Persistence of Memory

Myths & Legends	The Mondas Touch • The Terrible Manussa • The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy • Jorus and the Voganauts • The Vardon Horse • Defiance of the New Bloods • The Kingdom of the Blind • The Labyrinthine Web • The Angels of Vengeance • The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity • The Multi-Faceted War • The Enigma of Sisterhood • Pandoric's Box

Tales of Terror	Murder in the Dark • Something at the Door • The Monster in the Woods • Toil and Trouble • Mark of the Medusa • Trick or Treat • The Living Image • Organism 96 • The Patchwork Pierrot • Blood Will Out • The Mist of Sorrow • Baby Sleepy Face

The Missy Chronicles	Dismemberment • Lords and Masters • Teddy Sparkles Must Die! • The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone • Girl Power! • Alit in Underland

The Day She Saved the Doctor	Sarah Jane and the Temple of Eyes • Rose and the Snow Window • Clara and the Maze of Cui Palta • Bill and the Three Jackets

The Triple Knife and Other Doctor Who Stories	The Triple Knife • Picnic at Asgard • Into the Nowhere • All The Empty Towers • A Long Way Down

Thirteenth Doctor era (2018-2022)

Twelve Angels Weeping	Halfway Into the Dark • Grey Matter • Red Planet • Celestial Intervention — A Gallifreyan Noir • Ghost in the Machine • Student Bodies • A Soldier's Education • The Red-Eyed League • The Heist • The King in Glass • The Third Wise Man • The Rhino of Twenty-Three Strand Street • Anything You Can Do

Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories	Time Lapse

The Target Storybook	Gatecrashers • Journey Out of Terror • Save Yourself • The Clean Air Act • Punting • The Dark River • Interstitial Insecurity • The Slyther of Shoreditch • We Can't Stop What's Coming • Decoy • Grounded • The Turning of the Tide • Citation Needed • Pain Management • Letters from the Front

Star Tales	Chasing the Dawn • That's All Right, Mama • Einstein and the Doctor • Who-Dini? • The Pythagoras Problem • Mission of the KaaDok

The Wintertime Paradox	He's Behind You • Father of the Daleks • Inflicting Christmas • For the Girl Who Has Everything • Visiting Hours • We Will Feed You to the Trees • Christmas with the Plasmavores • A Girl Called Doubt • A Perfect Christmas • Missing Habitas Frond • A Day to Yourselves • The Paradox Moon • Canaries

I Am The Master	Anger Management • The Dead Travel Fast • Missy's Magical Mystery Mission • A Master of Disguise • The Night Harvest • The Master and Margarita

Adventures in Lockdown	A Message from the Doctor • Things She Thought While Falling • The Terror of the Umpty Ums • Doctor Who and the Time War • Revenge of the Nestene • Rory's Story • One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes • The Simple Things • The Tourist • Press Play • The Shadow Passes • Shadow of a Doubt • The Shadow in the Mirror • Fellow Traveller • Listen • The Secret of Novice Hame

Origin Stories	Chemistry • My Daddy Fights Monsters • The Myriapod Mutiny • The Last of the Dals • Murmuration • The Big Sleep • Doctor Jones • The Girl Who Tore Through the Universe • Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest • Velvet Hugs • Tempered

Fourteenth Doctor era (2023)

Origin Stories	Déjà Donna

Ten Days of Christmas	Under Control • Saviour • Not a Creature Was Stirring • Life in Oils • The Christmas Blessing • The Eternal Present • Gifts from Afar • The Big Store • Dark Waters • Into Control

Fifteenth Doctor era (2024-present)

Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories	Fleeting Faces • The Dalmatian Terrain

The Adventures Before	The Boy and the Dalek • The Roots of Evil • Little Did She Know • The Four Faces of Immortality • Becky's Impossible Day • Smiley's Mirror Exhibit • The Fall of Apalapucia • The Morning of the Day of the Doctor

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