Gone to Ground (2012)
Gone to Ground
“By: Trent Williams October 29, 2010 (Excerpt) Legend of the Amaryllis cemetery ghost dates back to the early years of the town. In 1871 Winifred Prathers, wife of the town's first banker, was mourning their young son's death from diphtheria. As she knelt at the grave in the gloaming, she felt a rush of cold air at her back. Turning, she beheld a figure in dark clothing, whose face she could not discern. Man or woman? The figure clenched both hands to its chest and bowed its head, as if grieving... for her loss. "Who are you?" Mrs. Prathers managed—and the form fizzled into pieces that melted into the gathering darkness.
Sightings continued after that, the reports handed down from one generation to the next. Always the figure remained androgynous yet graceful, chilling yet empathetic, as if it mourned its own unrelinquishing form tethered between worlds, belonging to neither.
As Amaryllis grew, its cemetery spread to include land on the other side of Turtle Creek, which once formed its rear boundary.MoreLess
Sightings continued after that, the reports handed down from one generation to the next. Always the figure remained androgynous yet graceful, chilling yet empathetic, as if it mourned its own unrelinquishing form tethered between worlds, belonging to neither.
As Amaryllis grew, its cemetery spread to include land on the other side of Turtle Creek, which once formed its rear boundary.MoreLess
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