The great river was flowing peacefully down to the sea, opening its blue tides at the silver fretting ... Read more
Supernatural Short Stories
Total Stories: 41
Twenty years have passed since you last saw Mrs. Jolliffe’s tall slim figure. She is now past seventy, ... Read more
Take my word for it, there is no such thing as an ancient village, especially if it has ... Read more
Being a Sixth Extract from the Legacy of the late Francis Purcell, P. P. of Drumcoolagh. In a ... Read more
About thirty years ago I was selected by two rich old maids to visit a property in that ... Read more
Eastward of the old city of Limerick, about ten Irish miles under the range of mountains known as ... Read more
CHAPTER I Peg O’Neill Pays the Captain’s Debts A very odd thing happened to my uncle, Mr. Watson, ... Read more
Being a Ninth Extract from the Legacy of the late Francis Purcell, P.P. of Drumcoolagh. Jim Sulivan was ... Read more
Toby Crooke, the sexton, was lying dead in the old coach-house in the inn yard. The body had ... Read more
In the five Northumbrian counties you will scarcely find so bleak, ugly, and yet, in a savage way, ... Read more
Being a Fourth Extract from the Legacy of the Late F. Purcell, P. P. of Drumcoolagh “All this ... Read more
“When Lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth Sin: and Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth Death.” About ... Read more