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    The Dikehouse
    The Dikehouse
    The Dikehouse
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    The Dikehouse

    By Eduard Meinema

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    The Woldring family is ready to move into a beautiful house on a dike. An old building in the middle of the Dutch fruit production county ‘The Betuwe’ where the Woldrings expect to escape the bustle of the citylife. The removal does not run as smooth as planned. Calamity and an unexpected, bizarre discovery are waiting behind the doors of the Woldrings’ new house. The troublesome circumstances soon show that the family ties are not as tight as thought. A removal with unpleasant consequences that no one could imagine...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEduard Meinema
    Release dateDec 19, 2017
    ISBN9781370710850
    The Dikehouse
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    Eduard Meinema

    "I love writing into the dark; like to be surprised by the characters scavenging through my own stories. Just before things are getting familiar; when I think, or at least believe, to know where a new story is going to, I give it a twist and make my readers (and myself) wonder... how the hell is this going to end?"WORDS and VISIONEduard Meinema is writer and visual artist. He writes in an exciting and humorous style. Creates intense, passionate and mysterious stories filled with unexpected twists which will seduce anyone to finish reading at full speed. Beside his full length novels, Eduard is fond of writing Flash Fiction and Short Stories. All of these 'Twisted Tales' are published as stand alone eBooks in the series 'Flash & Shorts'.Meinema's works of art include so called 'lyric abstract' paintings. Expressionistic works made of Acrylics and Sand. But also Pop-art, including characters known as 'Skredches' (Yes! There is a blog:check out the official site to find blog feeds!!) and...fish paintings. As Meinema says: "Ah! I love fish. Love to see them. Love to keep them. Breed them, paint them, eat them... (ouch, sorry for that...). Oh yeah, I love fish in each and every way."Meinema, born 1963 (Delft, The Netherlands) is former CEO of a temp office, specialized in contracting technicians. Together with his wife he has managed a gallery for contemporary art and jewelry for more than ten years. Nowadays Meinema is fulltime writer and visual artist.

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      The Dikehouse - Eduard Meinema

      Eduard Meinema

      The Dikehouse

      First published by www.transfiction.nl 2017

      Copyright © 2017 by Eduard Meinema

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

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      It’s really the same house, Anthony Woldring says as he convulsively clamps one of the boxes in his arms.

      The chill wind whistles piercing along the dike and rubs along the veins in their faces.

      Well, when we first saw it, it seemed more fun, Tony calls. The oldest of the two children pulls his cap even further over his throbbing ears.

      His younger sister giggles. You look like a Teletubbie, Jeany laughs.

      Come on guys, what did you expect? Leah says, shivering from the cold. The first time we saw the house was in spring; all fruit trees were in bloom, right honey? Disappointed and as inconspicuous as possible Leah looks at her husband. This is not the time to say it out loud, but frankly she also had a very different image of the house in her mind. The last time they had seen their new house, the fruit trees still wore white blossoms; now the wind is building snowdrifts. Gloomy she looks at the white landscape around the old dike; their new home. The dike suddenly seems much higher. The entrance is at the very top; the house and garden a story below, at the bottom of the dike. We’ll make the best of it! she cries almost cheerful and resolutely steps inside.

      Beware! Anthony shouts.

      Mom! Jeany screams.

      Anthony Woldring frightens and drops the box from his hands. The clatter reveals what is in the box. Or was; after the fall there is not much left of the china. Before Anthony can do anything, his wife has disappeared into the gaping hole right behind the door.

      Lee? he shouts, peering frightened into the deep, dark hole. Holy shit, you’ve scared the hell out of me!

      How do you think I feel? Leah groans. What idiot didn’t close the hatch?

      Are you okay sweetie? Didn’t break anything did you? Anthony asks worried. With his right hand he pushes Tony and Jeany away from the hole. Get out of here! he commands. Get out of this narrow hallway!

      Mom? Jeany squeaks. Are you still alive?

      Duh-huh, Tony says. She just answered…

      Come on guys, step aside, Anthony says angrily. With his left hand he reaches out to Leah. Come on honey, I pull you out of there.

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