Fairy Water

In this unsettling novella by Charlotte Riddell, barrister Hercules Stafford Trevor takes on the responsibility of guarding his cousin Geoffrey's young widow after his death. As Trevor grapples with his own challenges, he uncovers eerie legends about his country house that hint at a deeper reality, intertwining the supernatural with the widow's fate. This tale, part of the British Library Tales of the Weird collection, delves into the mysteries of haunted spaces and their impacts on the living.