Ravenwood Grimoire

The Bell That Followed Him Home
The Bell That Followed Him Home
In the summer of 1994, Barnabas Ravenwood was twenty-nine years old and far more reckless than he would ever admit in later years. He had travelled to Mexico chasing stories... Read more...
The One Who Stayed
The One Who Stayed
In the early 1800s, the churchyard sat at the edge of town, where the cobbled road gave way to grass worn thin by generations of mourners.  Read more...
Shrovetide - Tallow Jack
Shrovetide - Tallow Jack
In the early years of the 19th century, Shrovetide in Derbyshire was not merely an event, it was a suspension of order. For one afternoon, the town belonged to the... Read more...
The Breath of Lura
The Breath of Lura
To be born of the mist is to know everything and nothing at once. For as long as the valley had existed, Lura had been its dream. While her mother,... Read more...
The Weight of Dale
The Weight of Dale
Dale was a man who understood that nothing is truly still. To the unobservant, a mountain is a static thing, but to a mason, it is a slow-moving ocean of... Read more...
The Guardian of the Lumb
The Guardian of the Lumb
Long before the first stone was laid for the mills, before the smoke of industry choked the valleys of Matlock, there was the Water. Read more...
The Weight of a Promise
The Weight of a Promise
In the year 1890, Matlock was a town of measured footsteps and familiar faces. Shop bells rang with soft insistence, horses clopped along cobbled streets, and the Derwent carried secrets... Read more...
The Letter in the Floorboards
The Letter in the Floorboards
Arthur Bell was always neat, even when he had very little reason to be. His flat cap was brushed every morning. His coat buttoned even when the wind tugged at... Read more...
The Celestial Sentinel
The Celestial Sentinel
The brass nameplate beside the observatory door read "Dr. Edmund Starcross, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society," but those who knew the distinguished astronomer understood that his most loyal research... Read more...
The Temporal Artificer
The Temporal Artificer
The brass nameplate on the workshop door read "Professor A. Steamwhistle, Chronometer & Fine Mechanisms," though few in Victorian London's scientific circles knew the true extent of Archibald's ambitions. While... Read more...
The Ballad of Duck Turpin: England's Most Wanted Waterfowl
The Ballad of Duck Turpin: England's Most Wanted Waterfowl
The confusion began, as most historical mysteries do, with terrible handwriting. The warrant read "Duck Turpin" clear as day, well, as clear as anything written by Constable Wiggins after his... Read more...
The Calls That Never End
The Calls That Never End
The red telephone box stood at the edge of the village like a forgotten punctuation mark. It no longer appeared on maps. Its paint was cracked and darkened by rain,... Read more...