Author: Michael Hartford

A British traveler has an unusual tour of a Belgian cathedral. This is a quietly unsettling Aickman story, with the weirdness building gradually with each morbid piece of artwork in the cathedral…

An antique mirror displays an image of the Grim Reaper to some who gaze into it, causing them to disappear without a trace. This is an enjoyable weird tale that bridges the…

A young man’s life takes a turn when he discovers mysterious flowers growing from his apartment’s walls. Enjoyably weird and dream-like.

An officer of an historic trust stays in an old manor house occupied by a pair of sisters, a wistful ghost, and a lot of dust. Like most Aikman stories, this one…

A woman feels herself being watched, at first in quietly uncomfortable ways and then in horrifically terrifying ways. This is a delightfully creepy story full of paranoia and dread, playing with themes…

A representative of a feral cat rescue group visits an unusual colony of cats and their reclusive caretaker. This is a dark and twisty little story; it didn’t go quite where I…

A girl and her dog return to a witch’s forest cottage where she made a dangerous bargain ten years before. A fairy-tale-like story that pulls together a few of Haskins’ favorite themes…

The surviving members of a rock band attempt to exorcise an entity from one of their heroes. This story has an interesting spin on the typical possession story; it plays with the…