The Slither Man & the Chimney Imp: Chapters 2, 3, 4

By Mrs Susan Holmes and Mr Roy Holmes

The Ash Beneath the Oak
When the children of war find safety, they awaken something far older than fear.

Fleeing the bombs of wartime London, five children arrive in the countryside expecting peace. Their new guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Pike, (barely) welcome them into a grand, ageing house shadowed by an ancient oak tree, a place whispered about in the village for centuries.

At first, the days seem almost ordinary: lessons by the fire, the scent of rain and wood smoke, the quiet hush of the rural night. But soon the walls begin to whisper. Footsteps echo where no one walks. Tiny prints appear in cold ashes.

When Mrs. Pike gathers the children she speaks of the two house rules, never let the fires go out and never leave a door open, not even a crack. The comfort of home curdles into dread. For these are not old superstitions.
They are warnings.

And already, something in the house is listening.

A slow-burning, Gothic ghost story set in the heart of the English countryside, the next book in the series captures the creeping terror of folklore.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FZRQPXPQ
• ISBN13: 9798273021716
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"