The Dxrk
The road to Gillsby?
THE RESTING MALICE
On the coast somewhere in North Zealand is Gillsby.
A vacation paradise with summer houses, beaches and nature experiences.
But Gillsby has a dark side.
There are things only the locals know about, things they only whisper about,
things that rest deep in the great forests that surround the city.
‘Don’t disturb the dormant evil’ they whisper.
‘Death is heavy for the sleeping. ”
The old folks still remember the horrors of the last time death was awakened.
It must never happen again.
There are places in the woods, where nobody dares to go. Not even the forester.THE OLD ORCHARD
The place is a little dilapidated.
Nobody has lived there, since the previous owner died of old age.
The location is perfect idyll, far into the woods.
The plantation could be a perfect refuge for neglected children, a good place to find meaning in life.
The main building stands on top of a hill.
You can’t see it, but 400 years ago witches were burnt here.
Nowhere in the country burned so many witches as in Gillsby.
Some say that the spot is haunted.THE SEALED FOREST
Further into the forest is an area the locals call the Closed Forest.
Nobody has cared for this part of the forest for several hundred years.
One stays away.
The Closed Forest hides creatures of darkness.
It is not unusual that people disappear if they get too close to that part of the forest.
One easily gets lost in the wild forest. None will be found again.
The plantation is located too close to the Closed Forest.
No local would dream of buying the place. But Hans is not local.THE NEW OWNER
Hans Moeller Rasmussen is a retired municipal chief accountant.
He lost his wife of almost a lifetime to cancer a few months ago.
Before she died, they bought together a plantation estate in the woods outside Gillsby.
He has since rebuilt the place a little.
He does not know the local superstitions and the only ‘supernatural’,
he has experienced is the feeling that his deceased wife sometimes is quite close, but he keeps it secret.
This weekend the family comes to see the orchard.
My translation of the summary for Steen Langstrup’s horror novel “Mxrket”.
Here’s a link to the book’s homepage
If you want to read more, you could try to use a translation program on the samples found here, but the results can be ‘confusing’
(like ‘say bowl’)
Or maybe the fear is within yourself