About the Book
In the present...
A Young woman explores the mysteries of death through the paintings of an enigmatic artist. A young couple discovers a restless antique doll in a cemetery. The charred bodies of homeless men appear in the snowy alleys of Boston. A strange mural with an appetite for bones haunts a deserted house.
In the past...
A woman roams the slums of London hoping to be Jack the Ripper's next victim. Night after night a man dreams of his lonely lover and her trip to a strange museum. Following a tragic accident, a widow orders the construction of a secret chamber with walls thick enough to muffle screams.
In a strange city, long ago...
Women are blinded at birth; this has been the law for 500 years. Now they can see, and they are coming back from the grave to take their revenge. A cryptographer struggles to solve the mystery that may save the living from the dead.
26 stories from the author of Westermead and Cobwebs and Whispers.
Contents:
- The House of Murals
- The August Ritual
- The Virgin
- Westermead Manifestation
- Bag of Hell
- The Storm Horses
- A Certain Gravity
- Three-legged Stool
- Cabin 13
- Thin Walls
- Halloween Tea
- The Girl in the Attic
- Milton Crane's Collection
- The Doll
- Winter Census
- The Sarah
- The Crippled Gate
- The September Fair
- Shadow Painting
- Over the Darkening Fields
- Hindenburg Kiss
- The Wickhampton Bleeding
- A Mishap and Its Aftermath
- The Nyssa
- Julia's Fancy
- The Cinnamon Mask
