A Most Harrowing Apparaition

Finally fed up with witnessing the re-enactment of a historic car accident every morning, Harold and Thelma Perceville try to get to the bottom of it, and begin to regret doing so.

The Curse of Cranmer’s Grave

Whilst Alice Jones excavates the grave of renowned playwright Francis Cranmer at the parish church of St Hugh in Cygninia, strange things begin to occur, making her wonder whether she should have heeded the warning on his gravestone after all.

The Search for the Merchant Royal

A research crew trying to find the wreck of the Merchant Royal off the coast of Kernow encounter a strange mystery when someone appears in a group photo who seems to not actually be there.

The Wolf in the Dark

The Oxford Set “I still own the pen I used to handwrite my dissertation,” renowned historian Ben Jones said, holding a purple fountain pen aloft, before placing it back in his pocket. “I’m not one to feel any sense of nostalgia or sentimentality, but the pen is one of the few exceptions.” “I’m glad youContinue reading “The Wolf in the Dark”

A Trip to the Fair

The Oxford Set “I don’t recognise you,” the woman at the ticket booth said, glaring at the young couple. “Yeah, ‘course you do,” Dylan Jones, said, grinning like mad whilst jigging up and down. “We live on the crescent over there.” Dylan gestured towards the curved row of ornate Georgian townhouses on the other sideContinue reading “A Trip to the Fair”

The Shack on Goon Brenn

The Oxford Set Renowned historian Ben Jones slouched above his desk, poring over yet another dusty old manuscript that had come into his possession. The sun shone brightly through his window, almost blinding him, and distant waves crashed against an unseen shore. He felt the quick vibrate of a notification on his phone and tookContinue reading “The Shack on Goon Brenn”

Hughbert Andrews and the Mysterious Chest

The Oxford Set The casket had been in the living room of Hughbert Andrews, 9th Duke of Westmynstre, for about three hundred years, handed down through the generations. His sister wanted it for herself and thought it would do nicely in the Great Hall of her husband’s ancestral seat,  Waering Castle. But Hughbert won out,Continue reading “Hughbert Andrews and the Mysterious Chest”

The Teenager who Couldn’t Cry

The Oxford Set 3rd February 1925- Prologue The firefighter hid the letter before retreating from the charred remains of the country house. He wanted to be sure that whoever found him would understand that the boy who seemed to be lost was, in fact, not and that they didn’t need to reunite him with his parents.Continue reading “The Teenager who Couldn’t Cry”

The Communicative Bear

The Oxford Set The old year ended, and the new year began, in a rather macabre way. It all started on Christmas morning when the Jones family gathered in the Old Vicarage, a large fifteenth-century house deep in the heart of the Glevumshire countryside. It has a reputation for being the most haunted building inContinue reading “The Communicative Bear”