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Until We Meet Again…
The evening breeze flowed up from the surf below, swirling through the remnants of the Irish castle walls which fell in some forgotten battle. High above on the parapet a young woman stares out to the ocean horizon. It had been a month since Gerald’s ship went down with all hands. Now Sheila has come to the last place they have kissed.
Gerald had promised to always return no matter the cost. Tears flowed from Sheila’s eyes as she knew death was the one place her love could not escape. As the gray clouds parted the moonlight glistened over the steely waves. An object caught her eye. A large section of driftwood was being pulled back and forth in the tides. In the dark the heartbroken Sheila made her way down the stonework and staircases. A small rowboat waited on the beach below.
Would Sheila ever see her Gerald alive again? Why is she so compelled by the driftwood churning below in the sea? Can true love bind one another through fate?
Curse Of The Byrnwyres
Susan Murphy had met Emil in her college biology class. He was a brilliant student but suffered from debilitating depression. Emil would tell his friends it was just the Byrnwyre Curse, but Susan would come to know the truth behind his brooding.
The friends eventually graduated and Emil returned to his family somewhere in New England. Susan would receive letters from Emil, sometimes inviting her to visit his father’s estate. On one occasion Susan would accept the offer. In late September when the tourist season had come to an end, Susan traveled from the coastline to the mansion in which the Byrnwyres lived and worked.
Why did the carriage driver abandon his fare at the property line of the Byrnwyre estate? What are those animalistic sounds coming from the locked door on the second floor? Has Susan found a clue in a piece of old costume jewelry?
Mother’s Boy
Richard Hoyt, heir to the Hoyt family fortune, married the lovely young Miss Mitchell in spite of his mother’s wishes (or so he thought). What people said about his mother, Amelia Hoyt, was true. She was a crafty old woman who treated her son like one of the domestics. Her nature turned steadily worse with the decline of her health. She seemed very anxious at times when her guests talked about children and family legacies.
Before the happy couple could conceive their first child, the old woman died, leaving everything to Richard. Her plans fell by the wayside, and the only thing Richard had left to remind himself of his mother was that hideous old painting. Guests of the family, the servants, even his wife complained about the mood it set.
Some would claim they could see the painting’s eyes move on their own. Others swore the face smiled at them. Richard thought them all crazy, but when his wife demanded it be removed, that’s when strange things began to occur.
Can Richard’s new bride help wean him from his mother’s control. Why do the Hoyt family servants suspect witchcraft? Was Kate’s fall a product of nature or nurture? Collect the series to find out!
Reviewer Notes
All the pieces have come together, the planets have aligned, and Nicola Cuti has cracked the plausible ending concept. We also get the first Haunted Love with three fully illustrated stories. The art itself is amazing, thanks to Joe Staton, Tom Sutton, Steve Ditko.
I would say the Mother’s Boy story was my favorite, but all three were top notch. One of them, I won’t say which, has werewolf action! I love me some werewolves. For this Charlton Comics Haunted Love gets its first five out of five star review.
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