Today is St Rumwold's feast. Born near King's Sutton in 662, he is said to have cried "I am a Christian" three times, asked for baptism, preached and died at three days old.
In Day Born Boy, a noblewoman with child recalls him on the Brackley road. Her maid calls it an ill tale.
That's Interlude I of Day Born Boy — The Witch's Sow:
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Sight stolen. Sight given.
Sound vanished. Light tore through him.
Darkness.
Chapter 9 of Into Darkness: the night King lost his sight, and began to see ghosts.
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Into Darkness — Chapter 9: Blind Luck
💥 April 1945. Deep beneath Schloss Nachtgeist.
Captain Arthur King and his Allied commandos storm a secret Nazi laboratory. Their objective: the legendary Urim and Thummim, two ancient stones suspended in a mysterious golden liquid.
But the scientists refuse to surrender their prize. As gunfire erupts and Maggie battles Dr Elsa Ritter, a desperate SS commandant makes one final, devastating move.
One grenade. One blinding flash. And Arthur King's world changes forever.
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Sound vanished. Light tore through him.
Darkness.
Chapter 9 of Into Darkness: the night King lost his sight, and began to see ghosts.
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From now on, I'll send one weekly recap on Mondays with links to everything new from the previous seven days—chapters, flash fiction, articles—so anyone not on the web or app still has direct links.
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Everything else continues to post to the site. It just won’t arrive as a separate email to add to your noise.
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Into Darkness, Chapter 8: The Laboratory. Midnight in the crypt, a secret laboratory, and a light that shows what's coming. New chapter of the free serial by C J Charles.
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Day Born Boy: an old vampire teaches his pupil to ration.
"A wolf may kill a sheep and eat until its belly drags. So can we."
"Take from one, then another, then another... Then the river runs for years, not hours."
Hunger teaches one lesson: take. Age teaches another: give.
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From now on: one weekly recap on Mondays, with links to everything new from the past seven days.
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He survived the crash on the castle road. By Reformation Day he walked with his head lolling to one side, the doctor one step behind.
Into Darkness, Interlude II, free to read:
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The free Wrought World prequel on StoryOrigin is Day Born Boy now.
England, 1638. Lady Joan Caldwell goes to Blackthorn House to have her child. The other mothers came for the same reason. Nobody asks what the children are for.
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Before we step into the laboratory and crack the secret of Schloss Nachtgeist — find out about another dark experiment, as seen by Anna Kressler.
Tomorrow: Interlude II: The First Move.
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An apple too tempting to resist. A hidden orchard. A gateway to a world where every pleasure comes at a price.
When Mira ignores a warning and tastes a strange golden apple, she discovers something ancient lurking beyond the garden wall. But the orchard has an appetite of its own, and not everyone who enters finds their way home.
A Halloween tale of temptation, dark magic, and the terrible cost of curiosity.
🍎 The In-Between awaits.
The free Wrought World prequel on StoryOrigin is Day Born Boy now.
England, 1638. Lady Joan Caldwell goes to Blackthorn House to have her child. The other mothers came for the same reason. Nobody asks what the children are for.
Download the ebook free, or read all fifteen parts on Substack.
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He was born dead… and then returned.
Lost Boy Jack: Born Dead is out now on Kindle. England, 1639. Blackthorn House made him. The Dominion wants to own him.
$0.99 or Kindle Unlimited.
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🎃 Frightful Friday — A Halloween Special!
It's not the dead you should be frightened of. It's the living!
This week, a family ghost story from my grandmother's childhood in the Yorkshire Dales, featuring frightened children, old storytellers, and one rather unfortunate interruption. 👻
Plus, Arthur King's next adventure reaches 20,000 words, Lost Boy Jack: Born Dead approaches its Amazon debut, and I share some frightful reads from fellow authors.
Come for the ghost stories. Stay for the tomfoolery!
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Chapter 6! You’re gonna see what takes his sight and leaves another gift.
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Into Darkness — Chapter 6: King Takes Castle
April 1945. Deep behind enemy lines.
Captain Arthur King leads his Allied commando team up the treacherous cliffs and ancient walls of Schloss Nachtgeist.
Inside, Nazi troops scramble to evacuate, burning documents, looting treasures and loading a mysterious, coffin-shaped lead container onto a truck.
As King and Maggie search for a route to the secret laboratory beneath the fortress, a chilling warning emerges.
Something guards the underground passages. Something the castle's inhabitants call a vampire.
The illustrated Spectral Detective prequel continues — free to read on Substack.
What lurks beneath ‘Castle Night Ghost’?
