Unfinished Stories in a Seaside Town and Other Weird Tales: Hauntologies Volume 2

Hauntologies Volume 2: Unfinished Stories in a Seaside Town and Other Weird TalesWhat lingers in the salt-crusted shadows of South Wales, where the past defies entropy and whispers its unfinished business? In this gripping collection of weird fiction and ghost stories, four tales delve into hauntology's spectral grip—the relentless echo of lost futures invading the present.A rootless wanderer in a fading seaside town peels back layers of hidden grief in a beachfront shared house, where ghosts of the unlived demand reckoning. A cursed granddaughter confronts her undying Mamgu's ravenous secret in a rain-lashed miner's hovel. Amid the chaos of a surreal cheese fayre, a masked outsider unravels coded signals exposing a lurking abomination in the ancient castle moat. And Rhiannon, a mythic enigma, roams a crumbling ex-mining valley, her fleeting touch unleashing the buried torments of the forsaken.Infused with Welsh folklore and Derrida's philosophical unease, David Rees-Thomas masterfully blends atmospheric horror, dislocation, and subtle redemption in tales that echo classic British supernatural fiction. Fans of M.R. James, Shirley Jackson, and anthologies like The Weird will find themselves ensnared.Surrender to the haunt—before the echoes pull you under.David Rees-Thomas is a Welsh-born writer living in Japan. He writes horror, mystery, sci-fi, and literary fiction. He runs indie press Acid Publishing, and sometimes composes electronic music. Read more