Dark on the Water

By Erik Lynd

Darkness sleeps below the surface...

 

Jim never thought he'd return to the house overlooking the lake that had taken his wife.  He never thought he would have to revisit the memories of their last days together.  Unfortunately, houses and memories can't remain abandon forever, both need to be dealt with eventually.

 

But something waits beyond the painful memories of the house and beneath the smooth surface of the water; something born of love, but corrupted by darkness.  Something that has waited patiently for Jim's return.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Broken Gods Press
• Release date: Jan 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393685401

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Dark on the Water

Dark on the Water

Erik Lynd

Broken Gods Press

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

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1

Although two years had passed since his wife died, the lake house remained the same. From the driveway where his car sat idling, Jim could see the hedges in the front of the house. Heather had planted those years ago; they were larger, but had been recently pruned. Not expertly, but Ralph was a caretaker not a gardener. The roof had no moss and the leaves from the oaks had been raked up recently. The lawn had been mowed. Ralph moved fast. It had just been a few days ago that Jim called to let him know that he would be coming up to the lake today.

He talked to Ralph no more than three times a year, to ask if there were any problems or any additional checks he needed to write for maintenance, but that was all. Ralph would answer the questions and let him know how everything was holding up. He never asked when Jim would be passing up this way again or ask him the dreaded question everyone else asked; how are you doing? With the emphasis on doing. Like the death of his wife was some sort of disease and they wanted to know how the treatment was going. No, Ralph just got right to the point. Maybe told him how the