What The Butler Saw
By John Vault
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A young man's morbid curiosity regarding the disappearance of a museum curator leads him into the dark mind of a serial killer.
What the butler saw is the ninth of Uncle John's Bedtime Tales. Reader discretion is advised.
John Vault
I'm an Englishman abroad in New Zealand, having moved here from the UK about four years ago. Writing for me has evolved from a means of escapism into something of an obsession. A subject that plays a major part in the content of many of my stories. Yes I'm pretty much infatuated with lunacy. It scares the hell out of me. It's all the unpredictability I think. My writing style is unorthodox and rarely sticks firmly to the genre for which it is presented, which is good because formulaic horror is like an 80's pop single. Same old, same old. I like to flip rapidly between gory horror and farcical comedy. I think that this kind of contrast amplifies the effects of both. It certainly affects me that way. I saw a film once, a long time ago, called 'The old dark house'. It was basically horror comedy but it was done so well that it just creeped me out for months! Another of my favourites (for all the wrong reasons) is 'Eraser head'. The atmosphere in this movie just blew me away. I've been criticised in the past for rampant use of expletives in character dialogue but I don't care. The characters that I write about actually live for me. I get to know them like friends and all my friends swear like troopers!I consider myself a normal man, having a wife, children and several household pets, but I have a real dark side and the best way to appease it is to write horror stories. I don't like stuff where the hero always wins out because justice has no place in horror either. Sometimes the hero and the villain are the same character. Sometimes the villains win and the heroes meet with ghastly deaths. When you see the villain/monster die in flames at the end of a movie, it's over. Why not let it live and enjoy the possibility that it just may turn up at your bedroom window in the middle of the night? Isn't that sooo much sexier?If you want to get in touch please feel free to do so. But no stalkers please. I'm fully booked in that department until somewhere around January 2025! I can be reached via my e-publisher at:HiRiscPublications@gmail.com - please put 'FAO John Vault' in the subject header and I'll get it.
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What The Butler Saw - John Vault
What the butler saw.
By
John Vault.
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HiRisc Publications has rated this work suitable for readers of 16 years or older.
It may contain frequent use of strong language, horror themes, violence or descriptions of a sexual nature. Reader discretion is advised.
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This story is dedicated to anyone who can feel the fear but do it anyway.
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Contents.
Introduction.
What the butler saw.
About the author.
Also by John Vault.
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Introduction.
Imagine that you stumble one day upon the entrance to Aladdin's fabled cave. Imagine walking amongst the mounds of magical treasures that have remained locked away from the greedy hands of men for centuries. You could try on the invisibility cloak, rub the magic lamp or fill your purse with unending magical gold. But would you ever actually stop to wonder if there might be a reason why all these marvellous trinkets had been hidden away in the first place?
What the butler saw is the ninth of Uncle John's Bedtime Tales by John Vault.
Enjoy.
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What The Butler Saw.
The lock almost clunked as it relented