Arclight

“ARCLIGHT” - A short horror story by Simon Blake “One of the best new writers in horror”- PENCIL TIP PUBLISHINGMay 1940, Professor Draughtman is seconded from Bletchley Park to Hob House, tasked with the revival of one of Tesla’s lost experiments: To find a way of tracking enemy aircraft using wireless electricity. Alison Cardwell is the young WAAF, drafted in to assist him. Their investigations, however, yield unexpected results when their equipment begins to record the horrifying sounds of conflict from The Great War – some 25 years earlier. Now, in the present day, Alison is dying from a secret the Ministry of Defence refuses to admit. Her daughter, Celia, collects together documentation of a cover-up, but all evidence leads to the impossible events of Hob House. Celia must now revisit her mother’s past, and help her face the memories of a supernatural horror which threatens to draw her back irrevocably. “Arclight” was originally published in the short story collection:GRAVE WARNINGS II: HOB HOUSE, edited by Craig Charlesworth and Richard Peevers.Published 2020. Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9953195-7-8“Arclight” Copyright ã 2019 by Simon BlakeAll images Copyright ã 2019 Simon BlakeMore information at: www.simonblake.gq

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