Into the Weeping Waters: A Taine McKenna Short Story (Taine McKenna Adventures)

Christmas Eve 1953, Rawiri Temera rides a train in New Zealand. A woman marches over to him and asks him to save her daughter. Then the train is derailed and crashes.The story is smart to give us some historic context before throwing us and the main character into the deep end with the paranormal mystery. And it’s important to note that the accident described here is based on an actual event, the Tangiwai disaster.The story is rich with Māori terms, which I really like as they do bring the setti

Not all tragedies can be avoided.The rules for how ghosts behave in this world intrigued me. Somehow they knew exactly what they could and couldn’t do from the beginning without anyone explaining it to them. There were a few logical hints about how they came to this knowledge, but I think it’s best to leave the logistics of it for other readers to figure out for themselves. Not every paranormal tale spends much time thinking about what it might be like to be a ghost or how clearly the recall the

Short curious horror. I received this from the author at no charge. I enjoyed this very short story. It was a change from too many sweet stories.It starts as a regular train ride, but it takes an unexpected turn. This is tagged as horror, but not so scary. I’ve read scarier that weren’t supposed to be horror. It’s short and certainly was worth my time to try a new author. Complete story without cliffhangers. New Zealand author if anyone needs that for a book bingo or other challenge.