The Monsters We Forgot Vol. 3 is now available for purchase. In this horror anthology, you can find lots of creepy tales about monsters, demons, and cryptids, including Mandy’s short story “The Cursed Isle.”
Purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/MONSTERS-WE-FORGOT-3/dp/1671299620
This story is set is set in the year 1709 and follows a monk and priest who visit the French town of Brouillard to investigate claims of witchcraft and demonic possession. The townspeople believe that the source of their troubles is a cursed island just off the shores of the lake that the town is built on. Brother Dominique is a man of science and is not certain that he believes in demonic possession, witchcraft, or hauntings, but he soon begins to experience unexplainable phenomena.
This story was partly inspired by Le Grand Hiver (the Great Winter) of 1709, which was the coldest European winter on record in the past 500 years. “The Cursed Isle” offers a supernatural and demonic origin for this devastating cold spell that killed tens of thousands of people.
