The deepest kind of darkness
hey said that from a thousand graves would come a thousand ghosts. Ghost high and low, in the shade of the tree standing in the moonlight, under the staircase of mansions old and new, and below the cobblestone bridges that carried over their arches...
Haunting at the old railway house
obwebs in the dark corners. Candle wax on the old wooden floor. Torn curtains that in happier times, witnessed half a dozen birthday cakes. And the dry east wind lamenting against the windows, loose in their dilapidated window frames and roughened...
Darkness at the Wakefield prison
t took him by surprise. Utterly and completely, it took Byron Von Richter by surprise, most horrible and terrifying when the old man stormed into his bedroom that night. A couple of days earlier, Byron was on his way from London to York, when his...
Impossible to separate
Her curse was her beauty. She was more beautiful than all the girls in the village, so she naturally attracted all of the available men, rich and poor, strong and weak, short and tall, handsome and cruel.
Coffee cups
There are just certain things in life a man needs to hide. Especially in this part of the Eastern Free State. For instance, your neighbour’s cattle, that incidentally came strolling onto your farm as a result of a broken fence down by the poort. Or perhaps the...
