Old Robinhurst Manor once sat upon a hilltop in Hubbardston Massachusetts. The distant look of Mt. Wachusett seemed identical to the view of the Lonely Maintain described in Dr. Tolkien’s book, The Hobbit.

 

The house and splendid setting felt like home the minute I saw it: with the long driveway, fields, trees, and fifty acres of privacy. Along with seven others, I placed a bid. The owner honored these based upon sequence, so I didn’t get the house. Good that I didn’t, though, since five years later, it was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.

 

Robinhurst Manor, now only a ghost itself, is the setting for first part this story. All the descriptions are identical to what the house was in 1973.

 

The novel is prefaced by three essays:

 

Magick is to clarify the rationale for plausible efficacy of rituals performed in the story.

 

Scientific Evidence and Proof That Ghosts Exist

 is to get the reader thinking about possibilities.

 

The Tools of a Real-Life Ghostbuster is skeptical and sarcastic, but contains some good information.

 

 

Roy C. Peterson

February 11, 2018 

12:35 P.M.