Shadows In The Garden: And Other Stories

  • Author: Wayne Kyle Spitzer
  • Publisher: Wayne Kyle Spitzer

Synopsis

The original story upon which the film SHADOWS IN THE GARDEN is based ... and 7 other tales.



A vignette of dream shimmers briefly in my mind. I remember I was crouched in a dark yard, this yard—staring at that same clothesline. I was cold, so cold, and frightened, and I didn't know why. It was far too dark to see anything clearly. I could tell only that there was something hung from the line. Approaching it, I saw how it swung back and forth in the night-wind heavily. It wasn't until I was close enough almost to touch it that I realized what it was.



It was the pale woman's head …