The Widow's Watch: A Haunting on Cape Neddick - Hardcover

Welch, Mark E

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798998623288

Publisher: Mark E Welch, 2025

Synopsis

The document is a fictional narrative titled "The Widow's Watch: A Haunting on Cape Neddick," which explores themes of love, loss, and supernatural occurrences. The story follows the lives of Lily and Wilbur Shaw in the 19th century and transitions to the present day, focusing on Bill Pender and his fiancée, Cathy Taylor, as they navigate their new life in a haunted estate.

The narrative reveals that the Shaw Estate is haunted by the spirits of Lily and Wilbur, with Lily unable to move on due to her unresolved grief over her husband's disappearance at sea. The couple's tragic love story unfolds as Bill and Cathy experience supernatural events, including a mysterious woman appearing and a piano playing on its own. 4

The story alternates between the past and present, detailing Lily's life and her eventual death from influenza after waiting for Wilbur, who never returned. The present-day narrative focuses on Bill and Cathy as they prepare for their book signing event and their housewarming party while dealing with the strange occurrences at the estate. 1 5

The tension escalates when Tracy, Cathy's best friend, dies in a mysterious fall from the estate's widow's watch, which leads to a police investigation. Bill's determination to understand the estate's haunting and the connection to the Shaw family leads him to research their history. 6

The document concludes with Bill and Cathy coming to terms with the estate's haunting and the tragic history of the Shaw family, ultimately deciding to embrace their new life together while acknowledging the shadows of the past. The narrative weaves together the threads of love, loss, and the supernatural, leaving readers to ponder the connections between the living and the dead. 

About this title

About the Author

Mark E. Welch has spent a lifetime chasing the phantoms of story-first as a boy listening to the restless Atlantic on the coast of Maine, and later as a novelist drawn to the macabre, the historical, and the unexpected. Born in 1964, Welch's dark-edged imagination was forged on the rugged Maine coast, heavily influenced by devouring Stephen King's mid-1970s breakout masterpieces-like Carrie and 'Salem's Lot-as they took the literary world by storm. This taste for terror was balanced by the vivid clarity of E.B. White, Shirley Jackson, and Peter Straub, shaping a voice that is as precise as it is atmospheric. And by the way, Clive Barker's Hellraiser wasn't too shabby.That lifelong fixation has yielded a diverse body of work spanning over 14 novels, novellas, and short stories published across North America and Europe. While he frequently steps into the shadows with chilling tales like A Haunting on Cape Neddick, his Nightwitch Triolgy and his short story collections, his imagination refuses to be confined to the dark. He is the author of Kiwa's Story, a touching children's adventure about a young dolphin, as well as a series of comedic mysteries featuring Detective Charles W. Radcliff III-a well-meaning but delightfully bungling investigator whose unorthodox methods always uncover the truth.Welch now writes from the windswept coastal region of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, in the historic, shadow-woven district of Montedor. There, alongside his wife, Eva, and their two Boxer dogs, Thor and True Blue, he lives surrounded by ancient stones and the roar of the sea, continuously conjuring tales meant to haunt, humor, and surprise readers until the very last page.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mark E Welch
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798998623288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222