Dark, Mysterious, and Irreverent

By Jeanne Treat

This short eBook is a collection of short stories from the mind of Jeanne Treat, author of the Dark Birthright trilogy. The collection features mystery, intrigue, and plenty of supernatural happenings. Three stories take place in old Scotland, while one takes place in a modern day Spiritualist community. Experience a witch hanging, a haunting, an execution, and an unusual birth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeanne Treat
• Release date: Apr 16, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458017253

Jeanne Treat

Jeanne Treat is the author of the Dark Birthright Saga, a tale of 17th century Scotland, England, and the Colonies. To research her books, she traveled to Scotland to visit castles, seaports, and stone circles, and talk to historians. Ms. Treat has also published in local newspapers, magazines, and anthologies. She lives with her husband Robert and two Scottish terriers, Maggie and Duff.

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Dark Mysterious, and Irreverent

Published by Jeanne Treat at Smashwords

Copyright 2011 Jeanne Treat

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This short eBook is a collection of short stories from the mind of Jeanne Treat, author of the Dark Birthright trilogy. The collection features mystery, intrigue, and plenty of supernatural happenings. Three stories take place in old Scotland, while one takes place in a modern day Spiritualist community. Experience a witch hanging, a haunting, an execution, and an unusual birth.

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Contents

About the author

A Hanging to Remember

Visions at the Dale

Recollections of a Spirit

Dark Birthright

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About the author…

Jeanne Treat is the author of the Dark Birthright saga, a tale of old Scotland. To research her writings, she traveled to Scotland to visit castles, seaports, and stone circles, and talk to historians. To make it authentic, she investigated ancient earth-based spiritual traditions and healing arts.

Visit her online at www.jeannetreat.com

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A Hanging to Remember

Aberdeen Township, Northeast Scotland, July 1625

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In the grassy hollow between Aberdeen’s Castle Hill and neighboring Heading Hill, a gallows tree stood. The grief tree was as stately as any, its mighty branches and green leaves stretching in all directions.

The dreadful apparatus of death threw a long shadow over the hollow, foretelling the agonizing drama that was to unfold.

It was a