Over the Darkening Fields

In the present...

A Young woman explores the mysteries of death through the paintings of an enigmatic artist. A young couple discovers a restless antique doll in a cemetery. The charred bodies of homeless men appear in the snowy alleys of Boston. A strange mural with an appetite for bones haunts a deserted house.

In the past...

A woman roams the slums of London hoping to be Jack the Ripper's next victim. Night after night a man dreams of his lonely lover and her trip to a strange museum. Following a tragic accident, a widow orders the construction of a secret chamber with walls thick enough to muffle screams.

In a strange city, long ago...

Women are blinded at birth; this has been the law for 500 years. Now they can see, and they are coming back from the grave to take their revenge. A cryptographer struggles to solve the mystery that may save the living from the dead.

26 stories from the author of Westermead and Cobwebs and Whispers.

Contents:

• The House of Murals
• The August Ritual
• The Virgin
• Westermead Manifestation
• Bag of Hell
• The Storm Horses
• A Certain Gravity
• Three-legged Stool
• Cabin 13
• Thin Walls
• Halloween Tea
• The Girl in the Attic
• Milton Crane's Collection
• The Doll
• Winter Census
• The Sarah
• The Crippled Gate
• The September Fair
• Shadow Painting
• Over the Darkening Fields
• Hindenburg Kiss
• The Wickhampton Bleeding
• A Mishap and Its Aftermath
• The Nyssa
• Julia's Fancy
• The Cinnamon Mask