Death Takes a Corpse: 5 Victorian Horror Stories

A widowed woman is befriended by an unkindness of ravens offering unnatural help, a wealthy aristocrat encounters a terrifying presence in the midnight hallways of a manor house, a grieving mother finds a measure of madness by piercing the veil between life and death.

Death Takes a Corpse is a collection of five sinister and spooky Victorian tales that will leave you wanting to keep the lights on long after bedtime.

Ravens in the Park: Recently widowed and on the edge of poverty, a young woman receives an intriguing invitation from a complete stranger and discovers that blood may not always be thicker than water.

 

A Terrible Truth: William is ready for a bit of rest and relaxation at a friend's countryside estate.  Pleasure turns to terror though as William comes face to face with a fearsome creature roaming the dark hallways of the manor house.

 

The Bolted Boy: Adelia faces a lifetime of grief and loss.  However, an impossible offer from an unlikely savior may provide the chance to resurrect that which she cherishes most.

 

Foggy Night in London Town: Richard has never worked a day in his life, but a chance encounter in the midnight fog of London will turn a life of luxury and privilege into an all-out struggle for survival.

The Salted Earth: Upon the disappearance of his father, Brandon returns to the place of his youth to discover a dark force at work, driving the village inhabitants to desperation and raising doubts about his own mortality.

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Death Takes a Corpse: 5 Victorian Horror Stories

A widowed woman is befriended by an unkindness of ravens offering unnatural help, a wealthy aristocrat encounters a terrifying presence in the midnight hallways of a manor house, a grieving mother finds a measure of madness by piercing the veil between life and death.

Death Takes a Corpse is a collection of five sinister and spooky Victorian tales that will leave you wanting to keep the lights on long after bedtime.

Ravens in the Park: Recently widowed and on the edge of poverty, a young woman receives an intriguing invitation from a complete stranger and discovers that blood may not always be thicker than water.

 

A Terrible Truth: William is ready for a bit of rest and relaxation at a friend's countryside estate.  Pleasure turns to terror though as William comes face to face with a fearsome creature roaming the dark hallways of the manor house.

 

The Bolted Boy: Adelia faces a lifetime of grief and loss.  However, an impossible offer from an unlikely savior may provide the chance to resurrect that which she cherishes most.

 

Foggy Night in London Town: Richard has never worked a day in his life, but a chance encounter in the midnight fog of London will turn a life of luxury and privilege into an all-out struggle for survival.

The Salted Earth: Upon the disappearance of his father, Brandon returns to the place of his youth to discover a dark force at work, driving the village inhabitants to desperation and raising doubts about his own mortality.

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Death Takes a Corpse: 5 Victorian Horror Stories

Death Takes a Corpse: 5 Victorian Horror Stories

by Wilson E. Clark
Death Takes a Corpse: 5 Victorian Horror Stories

Death Takes a Corpse: 5 Victorian Horror Stories

by Wilson E. Clark

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Overview

A widowed woman is befriended by an unkindness of ravens offering unnatural help, a wealthy aristocrat encounters a terrifying presence in the midnight hallways of a manor house, a grieving mother finds a measure of madness by piercing the veil between life and death.

Death Takes a Corpse is a collection of five sinister and spooky Victorian tales that will leave you wanting to keep the lights on long after bedtime.

Ravens in the Park: Recently widowed and on the edge of poverty, a young woman receives an intriguing invitation from a complete stranger and discovers that blood may not always be thicker than water.

 

A Terrible Truth: William is ready for a bit of rest and relaxation at a friend's countryside estate.  Pleasure turns to terror though as William comes face to face with a fearsome creature roaming the dark hallways of the manor house.

 

The Bolted Boy: Adelia faces a lifetime of grief and loss.  However, an impossible offer from an unlikely savior may provide the chance to resurrect that which she cherishes most.

 

Foggy Night in London Town: Richard has never worked a day in his life, but a chance encounter in the midnight fog of London will turn a life of luxury and privilege into an all-out struggle for survival.

The Salted Earth: Upon the disappearance of his father, Brandon returns to the place of his youth to discover a dark force at work, driving the village inhabitants to desperation and raising doubts about his own mortality.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940179127918
Publisher: Griffington House
Publication date: 10/14/2023
Series: Death Takes a Corpse
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
File size: 688 KB

About the Author

Wilson E. Clark lives in the Pacific Northwest and enjoys writing fiction and collecting vintage movie posters. If you finish one of his stories with a smile on your face, then he has done his job.

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