Two Massachusetts retirees rent a Regency mansion in the pastoral English countryside and are soon taken into the bosom of a village. But what is that repetitive sound that only one of them can hear? What appalling secret does it hold that can never be forgotten?A young couple buy the ideal Beverly Hills house that seems perfect for their successful Television Series lifestyle. Only to discover that one special area holds an inhabitant who still exerts eerie control over the living. It will turn deadly in the end.A lighthearted Midlands bicycle tour goes awry, leading an American tourist into an eldritch church with an apparition that once touched will forever change the very fabric of time for him. These and six other delightfully chilling stories defy logic and the fabric of time and space as we know it.