The Bell at Saltmarsh End
by Philippa Brackenbury
A retired history teacher agrees to write the parish guidebook. Then, at low tide, she starts hearing the bell of a church the sea took in 1607.
Nov 1, 2026Tag
Gothic
5 writings
The Harvest at Quinta da Lapa
by Matilde Sequeira Brandão
She came to the Douro to pick grapes and forget Lisbon. The heir of the old quinta has a drowned brother, a mother who covers every mirror, and a way of looking at her as if he's seen her face before.
Oct 30, 2026
The Turf Fire
by Saoirse Mulqueeny-Dorgan
Two years after the sea took him, she goes back to his cottage in Connemara and lights the turf. Every night the fire burns, he comes home a little warmer. Every night, she gets a little colder.
Oct 26, 2026
The Widow’s Piano
by Mateo Ferrandiz Quiroga
A piano tuner in Buenos Aires is hired to keep a dead man's Pleyel exactly as he left it: a little flat. Every Thursday. For as long as she can bear it.
Oct 24, 2026
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife
by Bronwen Llewelyn-Hart
Ninety-six steps to the lantern room, a husband who writes "All well" in the log every night, and an assistant keeper who arrives with the spring boat. Pembrokeshire, 1897.
Oct 23, 2026