Collected Stories

By Rosa Mulholland

A country-house organ carries more than music: its dead player's history and malign influence draw a visiting musician into a haunting poised between supernatural retribution and rational explanation. Framed through an investigation into the instrument's past, this Victorian ghost story turns performance into a source of dread, binding grief, guilt and obsession to the unsettling question of whether disbelief can withstand what is heard. Elsewhere, the mountains of Connemara shelter a darker struggle. Coll Dhu, an isolated man burdened by a hereditary grievance, seeks to secure a woman's love through an occult charm supplied by a witch. Revenge and coercive desire converge in a world shaped by superstition, social exclusion and moral darkness, where old resentments exert their own dangerous power. Across these two Gothic narratives, elaborate description gives haunted music, remote mountain country and Victorian domestic settings a vivid presence. Irish folklore does not merely decorate the stories; it sharpens their conflicts between belief and reason, inherited wrongs and personal desire. The collection's contrasting forms-a framed haunting and a tale of occult revenge-create two distinct approaches to supernatural fiction while sustaining a shared fascination with forces that refuse to remain buried. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 930933262X
• ISBN13: 9789309332623
• Release Date: January 2027
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"