Maplecroft by Cherie Priest

Author:Cherie Priest
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult, Adult, Historical
Publisher: Roc Trade
Published: 2014-09-02T07:00:00+00:00

RIGHT CHEEK, LEFT CHEEK—WHY DO YOU BURN?

Owen Seabury, M.D.

APRIL 25, 1894

I now know something of the torment which has afflicted Lizbeth Borden Andrew or whatever she calls herself these days. I kept meaning to ask which name she prefers among friends—but now that I think about it, she told me to call her Lizbeth, but didn’t offer one surname or the other.

I’m not beginning this entry well. It was a terrible night, and I’m not yet recovered. Perhaps I never will be, but I must compose myself and thereby compose this entry. I must organize my thoughts and lay them all out, while I still remember everything so freshly that it hurts.

My ribs ache. They are lined with bruises that look uncannily like the impressions of human fingers, but that’s not what made them. And these bruises, they are flecked with something sharp and itchy, some residue left behind. It feels almost like spun glass, but what small sample I was able to retrieve dissolved between my tweezers, and was gone.

Whatever these creatures are, they leave no useful trace of themselves behind. Only questions and horror, and bruises shaped like fingers.

I say “these creatures” because the thing I saw this past night was not the only one of its kind. Lizbeth told me so, and she showed me how she’s been managing them.

But I stumble ahead of myself.

Let me try again.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.