The Lame Priest

The Lame Priest



The story opens as the narrator is walking back to his cabin, a little shack in the woods, after a trip to the nearby village. On the way, he sees a strange priest in a black robe running hurriedly towards the village. He looks gaunt and desolate and has a limp. Back in his cabin, the narrator meets his friend Andrew, an Indian, who warns him about the wolves and the strange things that might be hiding in the woods. And when the narrator runs into the lame priest again, the priest gives him a similar and equally cryptic warning. Soon enough, the strange prophecies seem to take shape, as a lone wolf starts preying on the villagers' children.


The Lame Priest is beautifully written. I loved the air of mystery, which is there right from the first page. The writing is distinctly eerie. The setting is wonderful, the descriptions are vivid and you are involved in the story from start to finish.


Demon House Publications USA