The Windsome Tree: a ghost story

by Eileen Albrizio

After the death of her youngest child, Mercy Amoretto attempts to clear her head and heart from grief by cleaning her surroundings. In the garage, she finds an old rope and a tire and, in a fanciful moment, creates a tire swing. Unknown to her, the rope, the tire, and the tree in her yard share a violent history. Once connected, that history is unleashed in the form of two child spirits from decades past. While on the swing, Mercy hears cryptic messages from the spirits and believes the voices are key to finding her dead daughter. Hope turns to horror when two of her children begin to taunt her in torturous ways and when they go missing, all eyes turn to Mercy. She’s convinced the ghosts are to blame, but how can anyone believe her when only she hears the voices?

336 pages, Paperback

Published May 4, 2018

About the author

Eileen Albrizio is an American writer of poetry and prose and freelances as a writing coach. A former NPR and ABC journalist and news host, her creative writing and journalism have been honored numerous times by the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, Writer's Digest, among others. She is a two-time winner of the GHAC Individual Artist Fellowship for creative writing. Perennials: New & Selected Poems was nominated for the 2008 CT Book Award and The Box Under the Bed won the Paranormal Prose award in 2015. Her novel The Windsome Tree: A Ghost Story (formerly titled Without Mercy) is now available in paperback and as an ebook on Amazon. Albrizio has taught creative writing in several colleges and cultural institutions as well as the York Correctional Institute, Connecticut's maximum-security prison for women, under the creative writing program made famous by best-selling author Wally Lamb.

She holds a BFA in Theatre and an MA in English. She lavishes in the pop culture worlds of comic books and genre fiction. She and her husband own and operate Heroes & Hitters, a comic book store in Rocky Hill, CT, established in 1989.

Reviews

[Anna Zoey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Original ghost story. Beautifully written. I couldn't put it down!

[Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great ghost story with heart and soul.