The Dark and What It Said

“Curl up in bed with a warm cuppa one night and start reading. The tea might help keep away the chills Kennett’s stories will cause, but I doubt it ...” ~ Marty Young, Australian Specfic In Focus   “Kennett weaves a beguiling atmosphere through that holds the attention unerringly until the culmination of the tale. He has a knack for environment and ambience that he brings to bear with each and every story.”  ~ Peter Worthy, Black Books ezine Two bush walkers hear a rain-sodden forest speak at midnight in “The Dark and What it Said.” M.R. James is revisited in “Anningley Hall, Early Morning” and “Dolls for Another Day.” The mine-sweeper Barringji, a latter day Mary Celeste, drifts out of a storm that killed three other ships. In “Chinese Whispers” a parlour game goes horribly wrong. Mr. Lewisham sees Hell through a keyhole. Ernie Pine is a ghost-hunter who hates being a ghost-hunter.

About the Author

Rick Kennett is an Australian writer of science fiction, horror and ghost stories with several published books and many stories in a wide variety of magazines, anthologies and podcasts. The novella The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and the novella In Quinn's Paddock features his reoccurring character Ernie Pine, the "reluctant ghost-hunter." Another reoccurring character is genetically engineered Martian space girl Cy De Gerch who appears in the novel Presumed Dead and the collection Thirty Minutes for New Hell.For more information about his work please visit his website at rickkennett.wordpress.com.

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