Water Rites
IN THE VILLAGE OF HOPWAS, THERE IS A BARBED WIRE FENCE AROUND THE OLD RESERVOIR.
An elderly derelict living in the Hopwas woods has seen them gather under the chill of the moon. He has heard the haunting echoes of their strange midnight chants. A reservoir inspector has seen the terrifying proof that they exist: the deep, damp footprints leading into the black, watery pit...
BUT IT'S NOT MEANT TO KEEP SOMETHING OUT...
Now, a wealthy man is being driven mad by a terrifying vision. A drowned corpse has been found in the middle of a dry, empty field. And suddenly, a child is gone. While a mother frantically searches, something even more horrific is waiting to be unleashed. As the water bulges against the sweating stone walls, an insidious flood of evil spreads...
IT'S MEANT TO KEEP SOME THINGS IN...
The last rites have begun. And no one has a prayer.
Guy N. Smith
Guy Newman Smith (born 1939) is a prolific English writer best-known for his pulp fiction-style horror fiction, though he has also written non-fiction, soft-porn and children's literature.