Today's Gothic tale from everyday life comes from Italy, via the Guardian, repeating the classic British Gothic trope of setting spooky stories in the thrilling south. It begins with an amnesiac stumbling into a police station, on the run from a blood-spattered apartment covered in occult symbols. Read the whole thing, as they say. And savor the haunting last lines:
But he and the Carabinieri working for him are hampered by a number of factors. The hard drive in Daniele's computer is missing, as is the SIM card of his mobile phone.
As for the young man himself, all he can offer them is the faint recollection of an abbey.
(thanks to Jesse Walker)
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Posted by: John L. | March 31, 2007 at 18:56