Sometimes I wished I weren’t so lucky. Wished I experienced her the way the rest of the world did: as a cold draught, or a banging door you been gosh darn meaning to get fixed for months now. But to me she wasn’t just a flash of light in the corner of your eye. She was a young woman in a torn yellow bustle dress and eyes like storm clouds. A reminder that there were layers between life and death that stretched far beyond our comprehension.
Stranded in the middle of the Australian desert, the Golden Plains Hotel is isolated, run down and haunted by murdered Ivy Westerly. Through the barrier between two worlds, Ivy and publican’s daughter Alice console each other in their monotonous existence.
Alice is ecstatic when she finds a way to leave the Golden Plains. But tragic, dead Ivy won’t let go of their friendship quite so easily…
Goldfields is a paranormal short story from Australia’s past.
"An excellent and chilling short story for lovers of ghost stories and quiet horror. "
Reviewer: Reader for Bookangel.
Alice, the innkeeper's daughter, is the only person to see Ivy, the ghost at the inn.
This is a short, haunting, story about friendship, lies, betrayal and a mystery that holds the reader until the last page. The writing style is literary, painting vivid pictures of the bar, the town and the town's history, with each word.
It is hard to say what makes this good without spoiling it for the reader, it being one of those stories where the journey is as enjoyable as the ending. Lovers of traditional ghost stories, M.R.James, and the classics, will almost certainly enjoy this, which is a very definite spiritual successor with a modern and chilling touch.
Well I think that ghost stories rank pretty low on my list of creepy story genres, but I do love them all so I am more than willing to give this one a shot. Anytime I can get the review of a "chilling tale" you can usually count me in. I can honestly say that I am not sure what quiet horror is all about, I am pretty sure I can guess, but maybe I am in for a treat. Thanks for sharing.
I've just caught up with this one, and I can't say what makes it great without spoiling it. However it really is great. Fatal Attraction with ghosts, perhaps?
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