The Secret of V

By Wispian Grey

An enigmatic narrator tells of an extraordinary discovery made deep within the English countryside one sultry summer.
A paranormal novella of murder and deception.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wispian Grey
• Release date: Jan 12, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370615926

Wispian Grey

Writer of peculiar fiction - accommodating absurdism, whimsy, aphoristic philosophy, outlandish adventure, real-world fantasy, grotesquery and phantasmagoria.

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THE

SECRET

OF

V

A N O V E L L A

BY

Wispian Grey

Contents

Chapter 1 ~ Behind The Gap

Chapter 2 ~ Returning

Chapter 3 ~ The Shack In The Woods

Chapter 4 ~ Upshot Of The Knock

Chapter 5 ~ Goodnight Forever

Chapter 6 ~ The Red Book Of Secrets

Chapter 7 ~ Unanswered Questions

Chapter 8 ~ Down Into Darkness

Chapter 9 ~ The Black & The Gold

Chapter 10 ~ Searching V

Chapter 11 ~ The Handover Of Power

Chapter 1

Behind The Gap

AT THE GAP in the wall they stand, all three gazing blankly. Behind them, a steep rampart-like slope inclosed by jagged rocks. Above, impossibly high, grey daylight peeks in through a natural skylight.

We should go back, says V.

I'm not climbing that ladder again, says O, scratching behind one of his knees.

I agree, says Y.

With whom? says V.

With him, says Y. I agree with O. That ladder scared the pants off a me. Climbing up was bad enough. Going back down would turn me inside out. Me arms are jelly. Look! He waves and flops his arms about like a confounded octopus.

V beholds Y with concealed disdain.

O discharges a snide cough before moving closer to the gap in the wall of rock.

We can fit through, he says feeling into the moist cleft. I'm sure we can. It looks to me like it leads somewhere.

How the hell do you know that? says V. It could lead anywhere. Or nowhere. Or worse still to a place we won't be able to get out of. It'll be black as pitch in there. We'd never be able to see where we're going. If one of you duffers hadn't dropped the flashlight I'd probably hazard a look. Let's go back.

Ignoring V, O edges into and through the gap.

I'm going in as well, says Y following O. It's shimmy time, boyo.

Internally shaking his head, V watches as