Scottish Horror Stories Volume One: Towns of Terror: Six Historical and Present-Day Folk Tales from the Borders to Highlands

Six towns. Six terrors. One unforgettable journey into the dark heart of Scotland. Volume one of a collection of all-new Scottish horror novellas based on fact and part local legend from the Borders to the Highlands. >What Lies Inside This Collection? Dalry: Inspired by my youthful grandfather's true experiences during the years of the Great War. This tale explores the terrifying mystery of wandering lights and impossible behavior that defies every rational explanation. Melrose: In present-day Melrose, the Trimontium hills witness the return of the Abbey's Hundeprest-a monstrous priest from a twelfth-century Scottish nightmare. But he is not the only ancient terror walking the Borders town. Somewhere beneath an ordinary face waits the Queen of Elfland of the Eildon Hills. She is no creature of children's tales, but an immortal predator. Paisley: On the hills of the Gleniffer Braes above Paisley, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, a man executed centuries earlier during the witch trials reaches from beyond the grave. He seeks to exact a terrible revenge on the descendants of those who condemned him. Moffat: Something is changing the people of Moffat. As neighbour turns against neighbour, a terrifying truth emerges. This final confrontation needs the correct outcome, or it could unleash a catastrophe that threatens all humanity. Perth: In the days after the death of Queen Victoria, an investigation into a racetrack robbery brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to Perth. But when cold reason collides with the supernatural, even Holmes is left short of answers. Dryburgh Abbey: The 1940s -The Grey Lady who has haunted local legend returns to stalk the grounds around the abbey and Dryburgh Abbey Hotel - not to frighten the living, but to destroy them.