The Crimson Hand (A Story from The Hermit’s Cave)

The Crimson Hand is set in Paris during World War Two. The Nazi invasion is imminent and the majority of the City’s residents are fleeing the town. Temple Hunter and his wife Margaret are not. They are looking for a place to rent. Temple’s friend Max has a suggestion. A wealthy couple he knows have left Paris for good, their former home is available, and all of the lavish furnishings are still in situ.

Temp and Margaret rent the house and due to the troubled times they get it cheap, but Margaret senses something strange about the house right from the start and finds it hard to settle there. Unable to stand the dark and foreboding atmosphere, she and Temp spend much of their time in restaurants and other cheerful places.

On their tenth day at the house, things take a turn for the worse when they return for the evening and Margaret sees a bloody hand stretch out from behind the drapes. Temple sees nothing and tries to calm his wife’s fears, but later that night he too sees the hand when it floats through their bedroom door and begins flying around the room.

When body parts materialize in your home and start showing off their levitation skills it’s never good news, and for Temp and Margaret, this is only the start because the cellar holds a nasty secret.

The Hermit’s Cave: The Crimson Hand

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