Afterlife

Book Three in the History and Horrors Short Story Collection. "People imagined the dead peering out from behind the gas lamps. They heard the clatter of invisible feet on the cobbles. And they flooded every Friday evening to parlours like Arabella's in hope of catching a glimpse of what lay beyond the curtain of mortality." Nineteenth century London is enthralled by the supernatural, flooding to séance parlours across the city to catch a glimpse of the other side. But when Will Edwards joins in the craze, it is the beautiful medium Arabella with whom he becomes enraptured. For Will, making contact with spirits is nothing more than a way of growing closer to the object of his affection. But with Arabella around, ghosts are never far away. Will comes to realise his dead wife is not quite ready to be forgotten.