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Scent of the Böggel-Mann Kindle Edition

by Linda Acaster (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
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Some lots are best left in the auction room.

Elaine haunts auctions held in crumbling country mansions, dreaming of a find that will make her and Gary rich. A plain wooden shipping trunk has no key to its iron-banded locks but is far heavier than it should be. What might it contain?

Some lots are best left in the auction room.

Scent of the Böggel-Mann – a British Horror short story of approx 10,000 words

"...an ideal short read with a bit of bite..."
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    37 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    November 30, 2015
  5. File size
    1331 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B018STIA9M
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 30, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1331 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 37 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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Linda Acaster

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Welcome to my Amazon page! I'm an English multi-genre novelist and short-story writer, living on the misty Yorkshire coast, knee-deep in history and surrounded by ghosts.

From mediaeval and Native American historicals, to chiller novella 'The Paintings' and a collection of short speculative fiction, a sense of place and time figures large in my work. The best example of this is the Fantasy Suspense 'Torc of Moonlight' trilogy. Ever thrown a coin into a "wishing well"?

Take a peek at my website http://www.lindaacaster.com for research and writing information, or join my New Releases & Promotions newsletter to get occasional info direct to your Inbox.

Thanks for reading this. I hope you'll consider some of my work, and enjoy the books as much as others have.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
4.4 out of 5
8 global ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for horror
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2017
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If you are looking for a short horror book than get this one. It is worth what ever yoi pay for it. I really enjoyed it
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Stuart Aken
5.0 out of 5 stars Short Horror with a Real Twist.
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2015
I picked this up to read with my morning cuppa and couldn’t put it down! I’m glad I didn’t read it last thing at night: nightmares!
Linda Acaster is a talented writer with a fertile imagination, which she puts to great use in this horror story. The tension builds from the outset, with small clues about the nature of a purchase acquired at auction. As the tale progresses, the hints about coming catastrophe are overtaken by events.
As always, the author’s cast of players is well drawn and brings forth real human beings from the page. These are people we all know, and we can believe in them and their everyday issues and problems. Settings are sketched in enough detail to place the reader in the places described without halting or disturbing the pace of the story.
And the action that builds to the final horror is all the more credible because the elements of the story are so well organised and structured.
This is a page-turner. Give yourself a good half hour before you start. And make sure you’re not alone (unless you like being spooked when on your own in that isolated room, of course!). It’s a great short read and one I thoroughly enjoyed.
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Stuart Aken
5.0 out of 5 stars Short Horror with a Real Twist.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2015
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I picked this up to read with my morning cuppa and couldn’t put it down! I’m glad I didn’t read it last thing at night: nightmares!
Linda Acaster is a talented writer with a fertile imagination, which she puts to great use in this horror story. The tension builds from the outset, with small clues about the nature of a purchase acquired at auction. As the tale progresses, the hints about coming catastrophe are overtaken by events.
As always, the author’s cast of players is well drawn and brings forth real human beings from the page. These are people we all know, and we can believe in them and their everyday issues and problems. Settings are sketched in enough detail to place the reader in the places described without halting or disturbing the pace of the story.
And the action that builds to the final horror is all the more credible because the elements of the story are so well organised and structured.
This is a page-turner. Give yourself a good half hour before you start. And make sure you’re not alone (unless you like being spooked when on your own in that isolated room, of course!). It’s a great short read and one I thoroughly enjoyed.
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Nick Coley
5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the read for any lover of horrorand ghost stories.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2016
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Mrs Acaster has been painstakingly researching and excavating what for her must be authentic detail, for weaving her compelling stories across a career that began with a gold seal of approval for her very first novel, way back when, and to explain her reasons for writing the second horror short -Scent of the Boggel-Mann- in double-quick time, as her needing a break from returning to the final part of her supernatural trilogy, set mainly in York, is a bit like saying 'I thought I'd write a follow-up to 'Yesterday' by The Beatles, since I had a spare week!

Buy this story! If you are an addict for creepy mood build-up, at the pace of a Stephen King shocker, you'll love it. Great economy, with no loss of empathy to both characters, and no time to try and work it out before the end, you get there and it's a cliff edge, with a shivery afterglow of awful inevitability.
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Mr. P. F. Field
5.0 out of 5 stars Imagination in spades
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2015
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Writers who use your imagination against you are becoming a rare breed. Acaster tells you enough to evoke what is your own personal nightmare and that is when the horror gets into its stride. and then, just when you think it is safe to breathe out, those short final sentences. Great stuff.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Seriously scary.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2015
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The horror stays with you. The story is just long enough, couldn't have coped with more! Beware the shed!
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