Kim Miller
A dark gothic tale of somebody's descent into the psyche. An old family mansion on the edge of town is hated by the townsfolk because of its dark history. Living there are two sisters, age 18 and 28, and their uncle. The rest of the family are dead, all poisoned. Only the younger sister goes outside, and that's twice a week to buy supplies. She is harassed by the locals who taunt her about the death of her family.
Then cousin Charles turns up to visit. He's obviously got his eyes on whatever he can take for himself, the hidden family fortune, the elder sister, perhaps even the house itself. The narrator, the younger sister, sees through him and casts imagined spells to expel him from the house.
The final third of the story beings us to a horrifying climax as everything is about to dissolve around them. The final descent is slow and relentless and deeply unsettling.
A dark gothic tale of somebody's descent into the psyche. An old family mansion on the edge of town is hated by the townsfolk because of its dark history. Living there are two sisters, age 18 and 28, and their uncle. The rest of the family are dead, all poisoned. Only the younger sister goes outside, and that's twice a week to buy supplies. She is harassed by the locals who taunt her about the death of her family.
Then cousin Charles turns up to visit. He's obviously got his eyes on whatever he can take for himself, the hidden family fortune, the elder sister, perhaps even the house itself. The narrator, the younger sister, sees through him and casts imagined spells to expel him from the house.
The final third of the story beings us to a horrifying climax as everything is about to dissolve around them. The final descent is slow and relentless and deeply unsettling.