Hecate

After the death of his wife, Maurice returns to the small Cornish village they had once visited before the birth of their children to try and recapture pleasant memories. The place he now finds is almost completely deserted, but who is the woman he sees naked in the fields, and what terrible secrets will he discover about his wife's past? An ancient horror is worshipped in the woods and coves of this idyllic place, and Maurice will soon realise why he has been brought back once more.

Hecate is a long horror story (c. 15,000 words) by W.H. Stirk. Drawing on traditions of ghost and horror stories that include M.R. James, Arthur Machen and H.P. Lovecraft, it is a powerful and disturbing tale of the hidden world that exists alongside our own.