Mark L'Estrange

When Catherine Porter murders her only son and takes her own life, no one can understand why. Vilified for her crimes, she becomes synonymous with everything evil and wicked amongst the locals, and parents begin using her name to scare their errant children into behaving....

A portrait which hides the secret to a brutal murder. A secret military experiment which results in a terror beyond imagination. A derelict asylum for the criminally insane, where one patient refuses to leave. These, and other tales of terror, await you in Spine Chillers....

After bank manager Jonathan Ward inherits an old manor, strange things begin to happen. During his first night at the property, a beautiful young woman appears outside his door, pleading for help. Moments later, she has disappeared....

In the quaint town of Huntly, a moonlit ritual is observed by a professor of anthropology from a prestigious London university. Protected by the cover of darkness, he believes he is safe from prying eyes....

Something evil lurks in the woods, on the outskirts of town. It lives in the shadows and strikes without warning, always with the same objective: to mutilate, kill and devour its victim....

A father who will go to any lengths to feed his hungry children. A murderous widow who shares a train carriage with Jack the Ripper. Two burglars who bite off more than they can chew. These, and many more bedtime stories, come hideously to life, in Mark L'Estrange's 19 tales of terror....

In the heart of rural Hampshire, a secret chamber is discovered in the basement of a recently deceased Professor of Egyptology. The contents prove to be more than mere artifacts and trinkets....

Thorndike is just like any other quaint Cornish village. Everyone knows everyone, and families have lived there for generations....