A Mirror Darkly
A second-hand mirror bought to brighten a home reflects something much darker altogether…
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A second-hand mirror bought to brighten a home reflects something much darker altogether…
Could the harmless effigy of a cat hold such sinister power? For god’s sake, beware the stare from the Glazed White Face.
Loss and regret; Sadness. Eavesdrop on the correspondence between a killer and his muse. The cause of so much; the punishment for much more.
A pair of brothers execute a simple kidnapping for ransom, but neither quite trusts the other’s intentions…
Amid a fierce snowstorm, a young girl must protect her ailing sister against the biting cold and the Brook Witch. But does the witch really exist?
Taken from the sea, a therianthropic selkie discovers the horrible truth behind the fate of her kind…
I have a very intricate and secure bedtime routine. Some would call it paranoia. I call it common sense…
Could the idyllic cottage down the country lane be Aaron and Judith’s dream home, or the stuff of nightmares? Be careful what you wish for…
The mysterious disappearance of Colin Carmichael leads investigator Mr Surety to an old tavern, the last known whereabouts of the missing man. But something is not right. Not right at all.
Nora Watkins is the wife of a 17th Century village gravedigger. When the night-watchman kills a mysterious figure it falls on Nora to retrieve the body – but on Crow Hill, things are never what they seem.