Limestone: Legacy of a Curse

by Tess Kincaid

LIMESTONE: LEGACY OF A CURSE is inspired by true events. In 1810, a powerful curse was bestowed on a plot of land near the banks of the Scioto River, in the recently formed state of Ohio. One hundred thirteen years later, in 1923, a stone and cedar manor house was constructed on the ill-fated land. The deceptively beguiling house, named Limestone by its first owners, lured five generations of occupants, enabling the curse to inflict haunting tragedy upon all who lived within its walls.

LIMESTONE: LEGACY OF A CURSE is the prequel to present-day events in PECHEWA: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY.

211 pages, Paperback

Published July 21, 2024

About the author

Tess Kincaid has written three novels; PECHEWA: AN AMERICA ODYSSEY (2024), LIMESTONE: LEGACY OF A CURSE (2024), VILE FIGS (2025), and MANCUNIAN BITTER (2026) all available from Amazon.

Her poetry chapbooks have been published by Finishing Line Press, and a poetry collection CLAVICLE: AND OTHER POEMS was published in 2026. Her work has appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, Iodine Poetry Journal, Ohio Poetry Association Anthology, Prole, and numerous online journals. She is a Forward Prize nominee.

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the style of Stephen King, Tess Kincaid weaves a story, based on fact enhanced by some literary license. This is a story to fuel your nightmares of living in a haunted house by detailing a beguiling stone house that lures unsuspecting owners into following their dreams of ownership of a stately home only to have them caught up in the curse that will destroy their dreams.
The hook is the extraordinary descriptive prose she employees to put you smack dab in the core of the story. If you live in an old house you will relate to the manor in which old houses relate their story to each owner in succession. You will reinterpret the way your house communicates with you after reading this story; seeming trivial occurrences will have you reevaluating unexplained weird occurrences you have put off as figments of your imagination.
And as any good author, she will plant the seed for you to want to get a copy of her previous novel; Pechewa: an American odyssey.

[trumancapotelookalike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just as in E.M. Forster's Howards End, the manor house of the title is itself a protagonist, although its influence on the characters is far more sinister, forcing them to confront the darkness at its heart.

Spanning almost a hundred years from the construction of Limestone in the 1920s, the gripping story unfolds to an inevitable and strangely beautiful conclusion. The many occupants of Limestone, brilliantly portrayed by the author, are drawn to the place only to suffer tragedy. Tess Kincaid has woven real events and fiction expertly together and the result is completely compelling and at times terrifying.

What an amazing movie this would make.