The Bridge of Dead Things
Reeks: The Involuntary Medium
Michael Gallagher
- Murky
- Victorian
- London.
- Thirteen-year-old
- Lizzie
- Blaylock
- has
- done
- her
- best
- to
- fill
- her
- absconding
- mother’s
- shoes,
- but
- her
- father
- is
- lazy
- and
- feckless,
- and
- her
- little
- sister
- is
- riddled
- with
- tuberculosis.
- When
- Lizzie
- has
- a
- fit
- at
- school,
- for
- which
- she
- is
- expelled,
- she
- and
- those
- around
- her
- slowly
- begin
- to
- realize
- that
- she
- may
- have
- special
- powers…powers
- to
- communicate
- with
- the
- dead.‘Please!’
- Miss
- Otis
- wailed.
- ‘Please!
- For
- the
- love
- of
- God,
- step
- back!’
And
- suddenly
- the
- man
- did.
- A
- murmur
- ran
- through
- the
- crowd.
‘Did
- you
- see
- that?’
‘It
- looked
- like
- a
- hand!’
‘No,
- not
- just
- a
- hand:
- an
- arm.
- I
- saw
- a
- whole
- arm!’
‘A
- young
- girl’s
- arm!’
‘Yes!
- Reaching
- right
- out
- of
- her!
- Out
- through
- the
- poor
- girl’s
- chest!’
‘You
- mustn’t
- touch
- her!’
- Miss
- Otis
- screeched
- over
- the
- din.
- ‘She
- is
- a
- bridge!
- She
- is
- a
- bridge
- and
- people
- will
- cross!’
‘A
- bridge?’
- murmured
- Lady
- Caroline
- slowly.
- ‘A
- bridge
- to
- the
- other
- side?’
- Light
- dawned
- in
- the
- big
- woman’s
- eyes.
- ‘Billy,’
- she
- whispered
- as
- she
- clawed
- her
- way
- out
- of
- her
- seat.
- And
- even
- as
- she
- dropped
- to
- her
- knees,
- something
- small
- and
- grey
- and
- shadowy
- was
- already
- rising
- out
- of
- my
- chest
- to
- greet
- her.UK
- English
- edition
Cover
- photographs
- by
- Captain
- Console,
- Harris
- &
- Ewing,
- Inc,
- and
- whatsthatpicture
Cover
- design
- by
- Negative
- Negative
Published
- by
- Seventh
- Rainbow
- Publishing, London
