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    Scent of the Böggel-Mann
    Scent of the Böggel-Mann
    Scent of the Böggel-Mann
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    Scent of the Böggel-Mann

    By Linda Acaster

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    Some Lots are best left in the auction room.
    Elaine haunts auctions held in crumbling country mansions, dreaming of a find to make her and Gary rich. A plain wooden shipping trunk has no key to its iron-banded locks but is far heavier than it should be. What might it contain? Finding out could change someone's life. Or end it.

    Scent of the Böggel-Mann – a British Horror short story of approximately 10,000 words

    "...an ideal short read with a bit of bite..."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinda Acaster
    Release dateDec 1, 2015
    ISBN9781311501721
    Scent of the Böggel-Mann
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    Linda Acaster

    See LINKS to books below. Linda Acaster is an award-winning writer living in Yorkshire, England (UK), and the author of seven novels, a fiction-writer's resource, and over 100 articles & short stories ranging from Horror to Crime to Literary.

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      Scent of the Böggel-Mann

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      Elaine haunts auctions held in crumbling country mansions, dreaming of a find that will make her and Gary rich. A plain wooden shipping trunk has no key to its iron-banded locks but is much heavier than it should be. What might it contain? Bricks laughs a suave competitor. A body retorts Elaine. Both are wrong. Both are right. Beware the Böggel-Mann.

      Scent of the Böggel-Mann is a British Horror story of approximately 10,000 words

      ...an ideal short read with a bit of bite...

      Scent of the Böggel-Mann

      The hammer came down and the Lot was mine. I’d paid more than I’d intended, but not by too much. Tea-chests and shipping trunks often yielded a good assortment of knick-knacks for Ebay and car-boots, as well the occasional gem for an antiques’ shop. It was surprising what previous owners of these dowdy country mansions had hidden from view in their cellars and attics, what current owners couldn’t be bothered to rake through, or auctioneers to fully check.

      My prized find had been a couple of years ago, a set of 18th century books. Some of the pages were foxed beyond redemption, but most of the illustrations were clean and they turned out to have been hand-painted in Germany. The proceeds had paid two months’ rent and taken us on holiday.

      That was the point when Gary had stopped complaining about me not having a proper job and started to take an interest. He preferred the small stuff. Raking in a hundred quid while sitting beside the car in the sunshine with a tin of beer in his hand suited him down to the ground. Of course, he always seemed to be busy on showery days, and what do you do with a mass of wet paraphernalia on an open table? It took longer to dry it out than it did to set up shop. And how many punters wanted to wander round a muddy field in the rain? A waste of petrol to get there.

      I liked auctions. They were a good day out. I got to see some amazing china, even if most of it was out of my price range. I’d sigh over the sheen of a Georgian mahogany table or lady’s writing desk, but I’d faced facts long ago:

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