The Chessmen of Diomedes

COACH FROM HELL It is September 1743 in the upcountry of New York Province, and in the sleepy village of Dereham, something has appeared on the long road leading north that edges the Great Dereham Swamp. A phantom coach, drawn by four gigantic black mares, whipped on by an enigmatic coachman swaddled in a cloak and a face-shadowing slouch hat. Those who have glimpsed it breathe a sigh of relief as it careens down the cypress-fringed road. Because whenever it reins to a halt, someone dies. B...