1,441 words
C. P. Webster
The Horror Beneath
Independently published, 2023
“Whatever the history of the house, Wingood felt confident that von Hallerstein had not been carried off by vengeful spirits. No, von Hallerstein was too substantial a man for that.”
How this excellent novella reached my hands is a story that must be told!
I had finally resolved upon answering the incessant knocking upon the door of my isolated villa only so as to deliver a sound upbraiding to whomever it was who braved the howling winds to disturb the hushed retreat in which I had sought solace from a life devoted to eldritch adventures. Flinging open the thick oaken door I could see nothing, until a flash of lightning illuminated the twisted, hooded figure that I knew only as “The Editor.”
“Here,”...