when i step outside my door after the first mail craig kills me
Oh... sound strange. Could you please, elaborate. Am I right, and you:
1) Forge the first mail
2) Go to church and send it
3) Go home and forge another one.
4) Then: you go out of the house and Creig kills you, but:
does it kill you right after you go out of the house (in front of your house) or - if this is the case (which is very odd) this is a bug
on the South-East crossroad?
In the second case:
Just try to go back (to in front of your house) and wait for an hour to change (or wait for an hour). Creig should go away (if he does not, try a couple of times, your may be damn unlucky and the random generator may put Creig to the same position again).
Also, once you step on a crossroad you must have about 5 seconds to go back. So, Creig should not kill you instantly, but 5-10 seconds after. If this time is not guaranteed, let me know. Rags has some crappy live timer manager. I tried to fix it with one trick, guaranteeing enough time to react (also for other parts of the game which require timely reaction), but... everything could fail... Please, let me know.