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Widow's Point
by Richard Chizmar
Widow's Point is the book version of a found-footage horror movie. Split into segments based on video and audio, we follow Thomas Livingston deep into the depths of a nightmare.
Thomas Livingston is a best-selling non-fiction author, specializing in supernatural tales. He has made arrangements to go to Harper's Cove, Nova Scotia, and stay at Widow's Point Lighthouse. The Lighthouse had been boarded up and the property encircled with a chain link fence. No one had been inside in 30 years until today... (cue dramatic music). Livingston will spend an entire weekend looking for the truth of Widow's Point Lighthouse, whatever that may be. So Parker, the owner of the property, locks him in and agrees to return Monday morning promptly at 8AM.
Livingston, who has been videotaping his drive as well as an introduction outside the lighthouse, finds out abruptly that electronics don't quite work the way they are supposed in the lighthouse. Then he hears footsteps. And children singing. And his flashlight disappears. Things just keep getting weirder, or is it simply his imagination running wild in a place with a bloody history?
First of all - Widow's Point is a terrific name for a nasty area whereupon many ships crashed and created widows. Also, there are a bunch of Stephen King Easter Eggs in there. (One of the suggestions as to the history of the property was that perhaps the lighthouse was built on Micmac Indian sacred burial ground. There's also a lovely Tommyknockers poem.)
Overall, I just loved it. Yes, it's a bit predictable, but it was wildly entertaining. A quality tale.
Thomas Livingston is a best-selling non-fiction author, specializing in supernatural tales. He has made arrangements to go to Harper's Cove, Nova Scotia, and stay at Widow's Point Lighthouse. The Lighthouse had been boarded up and the property encircled with a chain link fence. No one had been inside in 30 years until today... (cue dramatic music). Livingston will spend an entire weekend looking for the truth of Widow's Point Lighthouse, whatever that may be. So Parker, the owner of the property, locks him in and agrees to return Monday morning promptly at 8AM.
Livingston, who has been videotaping his drive as well as an introduction outside the lighthouse, finds out abruptly that electronics don't quite work the way they are supposed in the lighthouse. Then he hears footsteps. And children singing. And his flashlight disappears. Things just keep getting weirder, or is it simply his imagination running wild in a place with a bloody history?
First of all - Widow's Point is a terrific name for a nasty area whereupon many ships crashed and created widows. Also, there are a bunch of Stephen King Easter Eggs in there. (One of the suggestions as to the history of the property was that perhaps the lighthouse was built on Micmac Indian sacred burial ground. There's also a lovely Tommyknockers poem.)
Overall, I just loved it. Yes, it's a bit predictable, but it was wildly entertaining. A quality tale.