Peter Knyte

The Ghosts of Winter (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Gazed upon from the valleys between,

the high mountains may seem beautiful and serene places. The domain of wild things and of hunters, and wanderers with a little more wilderness in their blood.

But the mountains are also mysterious places, that hide secrets long lost to the inhabitants of the lowlands.

When a photograph of a remote high mountain valley comes into the hands of young wanderer, it ignites a fascination within him, that quickly grows into a compulsion to find and visit this place.

Only accessible in the winter, and rumoured to be a place never touched by the warmth of summer, this hidden place seems to hold traces of antiquity and dreams of what once were.

Like all good ghost stories, The Ghosts of Winter is a haunting tale of supernatural and ageless mystery, which can almost but not quite be rationalised, that will leave many readers pondering the implications.

The revised 2019 edition now also includes a bonus short story - Death and the Creator, which was the first attempt at writing the Ghosts of Winter.

Frequently asked questions - answered by the author.

Question: Where did the inspiration for the The Ghosts of Winter come from?

Answer: The decision to try and write a winter ghost which featured skiing came to me as a suggestion made by one of friends who composes and performs his own music. We been chatting about where we should go for our next ski and snowboarding holiday, and on a whim I suggested he should try and compose a piece of music which evoked the mountains in winter. Well he rose to the challenge, but in return he suggested I should do the same by writing a ghost story with the same backdrop.

Question: What about other authors, this title is dedicated to several horror/ghost story writers including H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood and Walter de la Mare etc , but are there any more contemporary authors you consider to be an influence as well?

Answer: Absolutely, I don't like anything too grisley, but Susan Hill is one name which springs immediately to mind for her Woman in Black story, Sarah Perry's Essex Serpent is another.

Question: All your stories to date are set in the 1930s, is there something about this period that you find particularly interesting and will we continue to see your stories in this period?

Answer: I'd like to say there's some great reason for this, but actuality I set my Flames of Time series in the 30s because of a simple plot device relating to when the narrator is telling the story. Once I'd decided on the time period and started doing my research, I realised that period was great blend of the familiar and alien that I thought would make a great setting for the low-fantasy type of stories that I like to tell.

Question: Finally, who do you think would enjoy your Ghosts of Winter story?

Answer: I'd like to think it would make a nice gift for anyone who enjoys winter sports in high mountains, the kind of terrain where the story is set, but aside from them I hope it will appeal to anyone who likes old fashioned style of suspense/thriller stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Clandestine Books Limited
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781912367054
• Artikelnr.: 50277126

Autorenporträt

Peter was born and grew up in North Staffordshire, England, but now lives a bit further north in West Yorkshire, where by day he passes himself off as a mild mannered office worker, while by night he explores whole worlds of imagination as an intrepid writer.

When not tapping away at my keyboard he spends his time gardening, walking, rock climbing, snowboarding and cooking.

As for his writing, his time is currently divided between three projects:

- The Flames of Time trilogy - A three volume vintage styled action adventure story set in the 1930s. Featuring hidden temples, lost secrets and mysterious religious organisations. Set against the backdrop of West Africa, Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, Istanbul and India - the third and final part of which is out in mid 2018.

- The Glass Darkly series - A Retro science-fiction story set in a multiverse plagued by creatures form another dimension, where the characters from a world like our own, but not quite our own, explore the strange dimension between worlds in order to try and save their own world from a mysterious and potent invader. The first book 'Through Glass Darkly' and the second 'By a Blue and Crimson Light' are out now.

- The Ghosts of Winter - The first tale within a period ghost story series (more H.P. Lovecraft or Algernon Blackwood than Stephen King).

When the grainy photograph of a remote high-mountain valley comes into the hands of young wanderer, it ignites an inexplicable fascination within him to find the location shown in the picture, even though it is rumoured to be a dangerous place never touched by the warmth of summer, and which holds traces of antiquity and dreams of what once were.

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For more information about me and writing visit:

www.knytewrytng.com

In summary Peter likes his vintage settings, from when the world was perhaps a slightly more innocent and stylish place, and writing stories that make you think. . . just a little bit.