Strange Birds

By Cynthia Lee

Here are ten creepy and bewitching tales that will assault sleep and invade waking moments.  

Strange black birds descend upon a village and bring with them a plague that kills only young marriageable girls.  

A 19th century city in which bloody and public displays of revenge are sanctioned.  In this city, a grieving mother stages a pitiless act of revenge for the boy who corrupted her daughter.     

A strange nameless man in a gypsy wagon serves up illusions for those who require them.  

A successful writer of horror novels is haunted by the death of an imaginary friend from childhood.

And more . . . 

   

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gondal Press
• Release date: Sep 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386980421

Cynthia Lee

Cynthia Lee lives in Alabama with her husband, son and a very old cat.  After a lifelong love affair with books for young people (and young at heart people), she decided to write stories of her own.  Penny Dreadful is her first novel.   

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