The Kelpie

by David Wyatt

'Lovers of the gothic tale, I bid you welcome...'What could be more peaceful than a holiday on the byways of the English canal? A symbol of spent British industry, these waterways are now filled with those seeking to escape the hubris of daily life.None of the wannabe captains and their sun-worshipping wives seem to notice an odour of bitterness that seeps from the dark entanglements of reeds which dot the embankments. The joviality of the boating enthusiast is never dampened, nor the exitement of the nature-lover lessened by the idea of a lingering malice, growing like a heady mould within the green-limbed trees that reach across to clutch at passing boats.The fragile may notice. The young, or the patient. The broken and the weak. They may notice, may hear the whispers that ripple across the water and glint and flash and sparkle. They may notice, and perhaps even listen...

39 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 18, 2012

About the author

David Wyatt began illustrating at the age of seventeen, working for the British comic 2000 AD. He has illustrated ever since, when not distracted by music or trees. He lives in England.