The Sea of Blood

In THE SEA OF BLOOD Reggie Oliver, winner of the 2012 Children of the Night Award for Supernatural Fiction, brings together the finest stories from six collections and some which have not been published before.A long-dead nun with a fatal gift for prophecy comes to you across a sea of blood.…A TV reality show host uncovers the true identity of Jack the Ripper.…A great Shakespearean actor is haunted by his former mistress in the shape of an all-too-affectionate cat…A terribly strange meeting takes place between an officer on leave from the WWI trenches and his former headmaster…An aristocrat with a curious haunted room has the tables turned on him.…A theatrical landlady has her house taken over by a troupe of midgets.…A Pantomime Horse is haunted…The Devil and the Seven Deadly Sins go on holiday to a seaside resort.…And many other equally strange and terrible events, all told in Oliver’s famously elegant and evocative style.