The Spirited Sea — Simon Clark

Byron is a wealthy and eccentric ghost-hunter.



He puts together a team of misfits to hunt for the paranormal.



But to Kit and Fletcher, it's just a job. And these are only ghost stories.



Or are they?



One night in the cemetery, things take a turn that none of them expected. After falling into a grave pit, Kit finds himself face to face with a corpse. Eliza Jinny Threlcoates. Died 1842. Perfectly preserved with not a trace of decay.



From out of nowhere a woman appears - ‘If you want to film real ghosts, come to this address tomorrow night.'



The ghost-hunters find themselves on stretch of beach where the tide has mysteriously rolled out for miles.



And they are about to discover that death is only a stage of evolution.



'The Spirited Sea' is a chilling and thought-provoking story that is perfect for fans of James Herbert and Stephen King.



Simon Clark's work has been widely praised.



‘A master of eerie thrills' Richard Laymon.



'Britain's greatest living horror writer.' SFX



'Inventive and fast moving - good old fashioned fun.' - The Washington Post.



Simon Clark is the highly-regarded author of numerous horror novels. His short stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. His work has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and he has written prose material for the rock band U2. He lives with his wife in mystical territory that lies on the border of Robin Hood country in England.



Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.



BYRON MAKANGELO - ANOTHER PSYCHIC STAKEOUT!



THE SPIRITED SEA (formerly known as THIS GHOSTING TIDE)



Several years ago, I took part in a ghost hunting TV series for BBC Look North called 'Winter Chills'. We filmed at a ruined castle, a disused jail, a manor house (parts of it were a thousand years old and was home to King Canute), and a World War 2 aerodrome.



Of course, ideas for a story flowed fast. Eventually, I wrote a novella called This Ghosting Tide, which owed some of its inspiration to those ghost hunting adventures with a camera team and a psychic. My role was to dress in black and talk about the hauntings from the perspective of a horror writer - I also got to drive the team's ghost hunting bus, too. This was to add to the onscreen drama. On one occasion I drove the bus along a military runway after being reassured that aircraft didn't land there anymore.



The guys in military uniforms that I saw in the control tower hadn't been told that the runway wasn't in use. They stared at me in shock as I drove the bus along the runway. Worse was to come: aircraft landed just a few minutes after I'd driven clear. Not only was it an active military runway, I discovered it was also the designated European landing site for the Space Shuttle if it couldn't land in the United States. You can imagine the kind of nightmares I had the weeks following that escapade;--)



Such dramas aside, I wrote This Ghosting Tide, a story with humour and ghostly goings on. Now it has been reissued as an ebook under the new title of The Spirited Sea. I hope you enjoy the book, and if you go looking for ghosts yourself: GOOD LUCK! AND GOOD HUNTING!

~ Simon Clark