Tag Archives: eerie

Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair

Posted on 20/04/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – April 2022 She knew now what had happened to her. She was afraid of Harding Powell; and it was her fear that had cried to her to go, to get away from him. The awful thing was … Continue reading →

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Abandoned in the Woods: Part 2, Horsley Hall

Posted on 11/10/2021 by Bobby Seal

In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself astray in a dark wood*   Beyond the northern edge of the derelict Royal Pioneer Corps camp we visited in Part 1, the way through the wood is … Continue reading →

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Abandoned in the Woods: Part 1, The Lost Army Camp

Posted on 01/10/2021 by Bobby Seal

‘It has a really creepy feel to it’, she said. ‘You’d love it!’ Ever since the first lockdown, Mrs S has gone out on her bike at least once a week, exploring the local lanes, going a little further and … Continue reading →

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The Ghost Railway

Posted on 19/03/2019 by Bobby Seal

A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter T.S. Eliot – ‘The Waste Land’ A spring morning with an eerie stillness in the air and a sense of foreboding within me. Keep … Continue reading →

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Underpass: A Sinister Turn

Posted on 09/01/2019 by Bobby Seal

We live in a stocking which is in the process of being turned inside out, without our ever knowing for sure to what phase of the process our moment of consciousness corresponds.                                                       Vladimir Nabokov, Bend Sinister       … Continue reading →

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Washington Irving and the Headless Horseman

Posted on 22/06/2017 by Bobby Seal

Washington Irving was an American writer who spent much of his early literary career living in England.  But I only discovered recently, while doing some research for a piece on the Old Dee Bridge, that he was also a frequent … Continue reading →

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Hear Her Walk

Posted on 06/06/2017 by Bobby Seal

In a house, in a town lived a man and a woman.  With them lived the woman’s uncle. The man and woman wanted a child, but no child arrived. In the attic, the man made a boy from steel and … Continue reading →

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