In the heart of a troubled island, where the very land itself aches with sickness, a King's iron-handed stubborn decree denies the one thing that can heal its people. In these two modern-day parables, author Nick White weaves a captivating narrative that transcends borders and whispers truths.
This short story is an experimental parody in the modern ghost genre. It uses irony and an unreliable narrator in the tradition of Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. The narrator, Dr Eric Swell is an entirely fictional character and all of his views are tongue-in-cheek. The irony of his point of view becomes apparent later in the story. This is story which simply asks the question: 'What if?'. What...