If the seven stones dishonored be, And slain the noble willow tree, Revenge will come each thirty year Til seven infant deaths bring fear. These lines are from the Prophecy of Blind Meg. So far six Minerva children have died, all on Solstice Eve, and now Jim, who has just moved onto the Minerva Estate with this father and sister, is hearing a ghostly voice telling him to “Find the Seventh”. Jim begins getting ghostly visions of how each of the six previous children died, […]
Satanic Rituals, the ’20s and a Haunted House
This is the second ghost story I’ve read by F.G. Cottam though this one was an earlier effort. In some ways the stories have similarities since both deal with things that are haunted as a result of certain satanic rituals in the ’20s. Dark Echo was very good, and displays his maturation as an author, but he didn’t have very far to go from The House of Lost Souls which was also rather good. Full review.