The Oxford Set Most people are afraid of going to the dentist, but for Ambrose Perceville, 9th Earl of Waering, his dentist is scared of him. In fact, everyone at his local is afraid. It was just one such day in late August when Ambrose sauntered through the white doors and approached the reception desk. TheContinue reading “Ambrose Perceville’s Day Out”
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To the Haunted Lighthouse
The Oxford Set Gorthugher Lighthouse had stopped being used as such for several years. Now it was a solitary place that people used either to work on their projects in peace or to carry out nefarious tasks, safe from the prying eyes of the police. Ollie Green found the gentle crashing of the waves beneathContinue reading “To the Haunted Lighthouse”
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”
The Ghost Writer
The Oxford Set Children’s book illustrator Evelyn Ashbrook’s agent lived in a tall, brown-bricked, Georgian townhouse in the Londinium Borough of Crampdown. She was here to discover the fate of the book Nudge had commissioned her to illustrate, Little Grace and the Nasty Virus, and to hopefully finally meet the book’s illusive author, Nell Heep.Continue reading “The Ghost Writer”
The Black Dog of Waering
The Oxford Set Ambrose Perceville, 40th Earl of Waering, walked towards the foot of the tallest tower of his imposing Medieval castle and opened the door. In front of him was a spiral staircase, seemingly leading to nowhere. He stepped inside and closed the door. Ambrose was used to the climb. He did it whenContinue reading “The Black Dog of Waering”
The Ghost in the Village Hall
The Oxford Set It was a reasonably pleasant June evening, and some of the residents of the Waeringshire village of Kington gathered in the village hall for a unique question and answer session, with the candidates vying to be their next Member of Parliament. Harold Perceville, the Conservative candidate and current MP, was trying desperatelyContinue reading “The Ghost in the Village Hall”
The Haunting of the Old Vicarage
The Oxford Set Cressida and Duncan Jones lived in a Grade II listed former Victorian vicarage deep in the heart of rural Glevumshire, on the edge of the picturesque village of Sodom. Immaculate gardens surrounded the property, with a stream running through it. Beyond the perimeter, one could also see views of the neighboring countryside.Continue reading “The Haunting of the Old Vicarage”
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