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ladyk23's review
4.0
Firstly, as someone who's been affectionately described as "well nesh" - which means always cold - I might have to permanently borrow the description "cold as the penny in a dead man's eye", because I absolutely love the image that this conjures.
This incredibly short story opens with all the makings of a classic ghost story; a cold night, a man heading towards a house with "window eyes" - which if this doesn't immediately make you think of the Amityville house then I don't know what would - and a darkness so all consuming that it will soon have you fearing what lies within it.
If you're at all claustrophobic, I think your anxiety will grow with each moment the man spends in the darkness. I know mine certainly did. And then that ending, which although wasn't a shock, was still enough to make me go 'ooooh'.
You can find this story beautifully read on the Classic Ghost Stories Podcast along with many others I've reviewed.
This incredibly short story opens with all the makings of a classic ghost story; a cold night, a man heading towards a house with "window eyes" - which if this doesn't immediately make you think of the Amityville house then I don't know what would - and a darkness so all consuming that it will soon have you fearing what lies within it.
If you're at all claustrophobic, I think your anxiety will grow with each moment the man spends in the darkness. I know mine certainly did. And then that ending, which although wasn't a shock, was still enough to make me go 'ooooh'.
You can find this story beautifully read on the Classic Ghost Stories Podcast along with many others I've reviewed.
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