The Clock, the Cloak and the Needles: The Stories of the Enchanted Items from Beneath the Morvan Moon

by Courtney Lynn Mroch

Gretchen Lauterbach travels to Brevard, where she meets Zachary, an American ex-pat living in France who deals in antiquities...decidedly unusual antiquities. This collection of three short stories features the backstories of the cursed items from Beneath the Morvan Moon.
In "Le Meneur Des Loups", Zachary possesses a cloak rumored to have the power to transform a man into a wolf that Pascal, a Brevardian, wants for his collection of lycanthropic memorabilia. Europeans have a history of suffering due to wolves. Thus it was wolves and werewolves, or loup garous, came to be among the most feared beasts in French folklore, as did Le Meneur de Loops, the Wizard of the Wolves, responsible for commanding the wolves on their missions of terror. But were the legends merely that?
"The Clockmaker" tells the tale of a clock Zachary discovers in Pascal's shop that chimes only when Death is near.
Finally, "Casting On, Binding Off" features a pair of knitting needles that almost kill Zachary.

69 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Restless spirit, writer, and host and guide of Haunt Jaunts, Author Courtney Lynn Mroch also writes horror under the nom de plume, C. Le Mroch.

Her novels include Beneath the Morvan Moon and The Ghost of Laurie Floyd. In addition to her fiction, she’s a six-time contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul publications.

As C. Le Mroch, she’s published The Shadow Stalker and edited an anthology called Shadow People and Cursed Objects: 13 Tales of Terror Based on True Stories…or are they?

When she’s not exploring haunted places or writing, it's a safe bet she's binge-watching a true crime doc or something else spooky. She currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and their cat Mr. G.