When three siblings return to their hometown for their estranged father's funeral, burying the ghosts of the past proves to be impossible in this chilling story by the author of Mysterious Skin.
Forty years ago, triplets Miriam, Louise, and Edward were swept up in a case of rural mass hysteria. Coerced into fabricating unspeakable lies about their first-grade teacher and her adult son, they were complicit in destroying two lives. Ever since, they have believed they are being followed by a presence still seeking retribution for their childhood sins. Unless their guilty consciences are conjuring as many monsters as their innocent minds once did.
Loam is part of Disorder, a collection of six short stories of living nightmares, chilling visions, and uncanny imagination that explore a world losing its balance in terrifying ways. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single disorienting sitting.
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[We agreed to share the driving]***
(Amazon Original Stories, 27 June 2019, ebook, 37 pages, borrowed from @AmazonKindle, Prime Reading)
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I really enjoyed this story. It starts off innocently enough if sad with triplets Miriam, Louise, and Edward returning to their home town to bury their father. The story gets more and more menacing as shocking secrets from the past are gradually revealed. The triplet's homecoming is interrupted when they find disturbing pictures of past events which trigger memories of terrible things that happened when the triplets were in the 1 st grade. My heart went out to their teacher Teresa and her son Phillip as the town turns against them thanks to a witch-hunt by the police and coerced lies by Miriam, Louise, and Edward and other children. By the time the accusations are proven to be lies the damage has been done. I was shocked by the fact Miriam seems to be the only one with guilt and regret. This is a powerful tale.
