Hidden within the Pitch Pines of Cyclone Cove forty-five years prior, Wyvern Way becomes a sinister backdrop when a young autistic child bears witness to atrocity. Rescued by an unlikely source, the two make a final pact that resonates throughout the future generations of the town.
Though small, the municipal of Cyclone Cove sits at the very apex of cutting-edge technology, thanks to the giant computing firm: Azarcheal Systems Conglomerate. Led by Samara Reagan, the ASC maintains its stranglehold through means sometimes not of the human world ...
Elusive and equally mysterious, Norman Perks is a wealthy recluse whose house looks down upon the town like a haunted idol - and whose love of the written word propels him to chronicle the ongoing story of Cyclone Cove.
And at the heart of this story lives Davey Ribbon ... a gifted child shrouded in urban legend and the keeper of a legacy now grown to near mythic proportions. As a ghost story for children like the Barlow twins, and an allegory for grown-ups like Jerry Reed and Sean Hunt: Davey's tale is about to climax. And when the annual Cyclone Fair comes rolling into town, it won't just be the wealthy and powerful who have a part to play in Davey's endgame saga.
Small town setting, small town folk, epic story. Once again, Tait delivers. Daniel I Russell, author of Mothers Boys and Critique
Just like his ghostly character, Davey Ribbon, author Matthew Tait latches on with haunting prose that doesn't let go until the very end. Greg Chapman, author of The Noctuary and The Last Night of October
Matthew Tait invites us to visit Cyclone Cove, a coastal community whose bizarre inhabitants and creepy landmarks have all crept out of the author's gothic imagination. This story reads like a macabre fairy-tale. And yet somehow, it manages to ring true, giving you that creeping feeling that it could all be real - that Cyclone Cove could be just down the road from your town. Cameron Trost, owner of Black Beacon Books and author of Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales
About the Author: From 2005 until its closure in 2011, Australian Matthew Tait was an assistant editor for the award-winning Australian news and literary criticism zine, HORRORSCOPE. He is now a writer/critic for HELLNOTES.
The first story in his collection GHOSTS IN A DESERT WORLD was awarded a commendation from the Australian Horror Writers Association.
June 2013 saw the publication of DARK MERIDIAN, the first novel in an epic trilogy of dark fantasy.
Visit Matthew's Blog: differentmasks.blogspot.com.au Email: meridiantait@gmail.com
