First published 2017
A Victorian gentleman steps before his mirror and stops cold. The face looking back is not his own. Elsewhere in England, a family moves into their new house only to find it watches them with unnatural intelligence. Collins presents tales where supernatural forces invade daily routines. His characters face moments when mirrors lie, homes develop minds of their own, and the line between possible and impossible vanishes. Reality warps around ordinary people as they encounter psychological terrors. The familiar world transforms into something alien and threatening. Collins creates dread through character study rather than shock, letting fear build slowly as his protagonists discover that supernatural events expose the darkness they already carry inside themselves. Each story reveals how thin the barrier stands between normal life and the unknown.
Genres: fiction, mystery, horror, supernatural, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: psychological-horror, unreliable-narrator
Setting: England
Period: 19th-century
110 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform