The Haunting of Esther Cox
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Between 1878 and 1879 the small town of Amherst in Nova Scotia sees of one of the strangest cases of poltergeist activity in history.
A local girl, Esther Cox becomes the focus of night terrors, rappings, unexplained fires and more.
What is the cause of this outbreak of psychic disturbances? No one knows. But Esther has a secret. And that secret might just destroy her.
William Meikle
William Meikle is a Scottish writer, now living in Canada, with over thirty novels published in the genre press and more than 300 short story credits in thirteen countries. He has books available from a variety of publishers including Dark Regions Press and Severed Press and his work has appeared in a large number of professional anthologies and magazines. He lives in Newfoundland with whales, bald eagles and icebergs for company. When he's not writing he drinks beer, plays guitar, and dreams of fortune and glory.
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The Haunting of Esther Cox - William Meikle
The Haunting of Esther Cox
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William Meikle
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Extract from the diary of Esther Cox. August 23rd 1878
I ain’t a bad girl. I don’t care what anyone says. I was brought up in a right and Christian manner.
I done told Bob MacNeal that even before I got into the Surrey with him. Daniel glowered at us from the door as we rode off. He wasn’t happy about me walking out with Bob, but he ain’t my father. He ain’t hardly five years older than me yet he treats me like a child.
Well I was eighteen on my birthday, and that surely ain’t no child around these parts. Janet Briggs had a baby just last week, and she’s no more than sixteen summers. There was talk at Church that Bob might be the father but he has promised himself to me alone. I am his sweetheart, and he says that he loves me.
He was so sweet. He came to the door and asked for me, real proper like, and he complimented me on my new dress. When he kissed me on the cheek I felt hot all over.
He took his time driving along our street, just as I asked. Everyone was out on their porches enjoying the evening breeze, and we made