*The first story I wrote involving ghosts. The main characters also sparked the idea for sequels with an anti-occult scientist haunted by a special slime girl and a village seemingly terrorised by a werewolf. * Chapter 01 It all began when I received an anonymous letter about a manor in the country. It said, "To Henrick van Schwaffle", that's me, "When...
This is the beginning of a sequel to 'Because of the Night'. I hope you enjoy. -cawastedyouth ==== ===== ==== ===== ==== First there was darkness, now there was the final indignity of falling into the mud. Jean heard the ride she had been encased in dash away, with hardly a thought as to the passenger who had been just thrown from its safety. -But all thi...
Chapter 4: The Report It was several hours before dawn. Vanessa and Quinn banged on the front door of Ruthven Manor. Minerva, Lady Ruthven's ancient servant, let them in. "We've got to see Queen Lenore," said Vanessa. "Madame has already retired for the day," said Minerva, her wrinkled old face impassive. "I don't care, we've got to see her!" said Quinn,...
Spooky story for the spooky season, released to the public for the first time! Enjoy, folks. *** Everyone knew that the mansion was haunted, it was not a very well kept secret. Only a select few were ever allowed to pass from the mortal world within its halls, but they did so with a certainty few others could share. Perhaps it was a quirk of the grounds...
Another story from the vault, fresh and ready for public release! This one's really more of a coda to the first chapter, but I hope you enjoy regardless! *** Jasmine felt spectral eyes upon her from the moment she approached her Mistress' door, knew ahead of time that it would be the most watched room in the entire manor. The things that watched from the c...
Prologue I must apologise for the long period in between chapters on this story. I hope everyone enjoys the second part of how Kerin and I met. There will be future stories of our adventures and how our relationship has evolved. Please read Chapter 1 if you haven't done so already and enjoy this last chapter of "Kerin -- The New Angel". Chapter 2 - The Man...
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Twin sisters in rural England crash the wrong party with very interesting, life-changing effects. "The Society" stories are not a sequential series of stories but rather a collection of separate stories that are all set in the world inhabited by members of The Society. Each story or series stands on its own although...
This story is a part of the chain story called "Laresa's World", started by RedHairedandFriendly. I hope that my own contribution is worthy of the theme and the series. This is the 7th Chapter in this series. It is set in the Late Middle Ages, during the Black Death and the Hundred Years' War. * Welsh March, October 31, 1355 (Julian Calendar): Harry Lle...
Manor of Thornbury, Herefordshire, England, AD1420 "Those damned serfs threw stones at my bailiff! I should have them chased down and hung, every man jack of them!" Sir John de Menneval, lord of the manor of Thornbury, was crimson with rage. The veins on his neck bulged as he undressed in the tiny private bedchamber of his manor house and it was all he cou...
Kindly edited by Scarlett Kisses The lunch time took on its usual pattern as the university students scrabbled to find seats in the overcrowded cafe. The in-crowd hogged the window seats leaving the undesired seats in the back of the cafe for the uncool gang who didn`t blow their student loans on booze and other substances. Megan brushed past the losers an...