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Ghost Stories

Welcome lovers of the spooky and macabre. Here you will find poorly penned tales of the supernatural composed for the wonderful Ghost Club (you know who you are) under the great shadow of that plague that blighted us all.

Stories

  • Catherine and Alexandru

    Catherine vanished in the nineties; does she live? And who is the mysterious Alexandru, really? A missing girl, unrequited love and a vampire in London.

  • Bettiscombe Manor

    The spectre of an African slave takes vengeance from beyond the desecrated grave upon a wicked Victorian phrenologist.

  • Shenley

    A housing estate is built upon the site of an old mental hospital but do the victims of the institution still linger to haunt the new inhabitants?

  • The Ipswich Mummy

    An academic examines a forgotten Egyptian mummy in a provincial museum. What dread curse of a dark god does this ancient relic hold?

  • Vixen's Cry

    Christmas and alone in a haunted Victorian house. Is that a Vixen’s cry in the dark or the screams of a child?

  • The Exchange

    An intelligence agent eavesdrops upon a suspected terrorist in an old telephone exchange building. But is he the only one listening?

  • The Black Monk

    In a remote valley, a sinister presence dwells among the ruins of a medieval monastery, preying on victims across the centuries.

  • Correspondence Chess

    Can a gameboard be haunted or possessed? And if you play against an opponent from the netherworld, what are the stakes?

  • The Guardians

    During the COVID pandemic, a property guardian makes a macabre discovery in the walls of an old coaching inn. What has he released?

Some of the great authors I have shamefully aped in my writing include:

And many, many Victorian authors.