Witch Water

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DEDICATION: For Don D’Auria. Thank you for making my professional dreams come true for the past ten years. I owe you bigtime.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Foremost, I must acknowledge the great British horror writer M.R. James (1862-1936) whose work, as many times as I’ve re-read it, continues to entertain me in a way that I can only describe as superlative. The bulk of James’ work, I believe, demonstrates something very close to a model of perfection in the field, while there are numerous of his scenes which I deem as among the scariest ever written. (If you haven’t read James, do.) This humble novel is my contemporary tribute to Mr. James, wherein I’ve taken the liberty of, in a sense, sequelizing my two very favorite stories by him, “A View From A Hill” and “Mr. Humphreys And His Inheritance.” Personally, I rank James as second only to H.P. Lovecraft as the most unique, influential, and important author to ever wield a pen in the horror genre.

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