Helen

By Mark Giglio

Winner in the Nevermore Contest on Inkitt.
Readers say: Great descriptions of psychological manipulation, and the physical ghoulishness is almost too good.
I enjoyed it. Very much. It was well written with simple beauty and descriptive scenes.
to my surprise it turned me on by violating social/sexual taboos. You are a truly gifted writer. what an imagination and in a Victorian House at that..
Mark has an uncanny ability to create female characters that have depth and great psychological complexity and in a short story format that is quite an accomplishment
This is the kind of horror story that really scares me because it could happen.
A Twisted Scary Tale - Helen is downright insidious. She looks like a favorite aunt who understands and loves her neice but she has her own benefit in mind all the time. The author sets the tone in the first paragraph with the suspicions of the mother. Mom is a bit of a bitch but Helen is dangerous. And what Helen does to mommie-mom her sister at the end is just diabolical.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mark Giglio
• Release date: Oct 26, 2015
• ISBN: 9781944642105

Mark Giglio

Mark Giglio is a writer and artist living in San Diego County, California. His education in creative writing and lifelong interest in history bring him to writing the "Alchemist Gift" book series today. From a long line of artists and craftsmen, he has the vocation of Furniture Maker and is the creator of the award-winning Alchemist Series of Art Furniture. On a suggestion he merged his love of writing, history and art and created the novel "Alchemist Gift".

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Helen

Mark Giglio

Copyright 2015

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mary Ellen Wilson for editing, cover design and book interior design.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Appendix

About the Author, Mark Giglio

Alchemist Gift first in the Alchemist Series

Alchemist Gift Art Furniture

Helen

A tale of secrets, forbidden love, and murder.

14 year old Marcy is confused.

Helen helps her to understand who she is and what she is capable of.

Did I mention Helen is a manipulative monster?

My aunt lived in a beautiful old Victorian house. My Mom called it Aunt Helen’s mystery house. She said, It’s a mystery where my sister gets her money. She’s never worked a day in her life. My mother doesn’t really like Aunt Helen very much. Aunt Helen doesn’t like my mother much either.

As soon as the car stopped I jumped out and ran up the wooden steps. Aunt Helen was waiting on the porch. She was taller than my mother and really pretty. Aunt Helen kissed my cheek, held me against her, and stroked my hair. Her hug was like a waterfall washing over me. I really needed a hug after being stuck in the car with good old mom for four hours. I could hardly wait to be away from my mother for the next two weeks. It could be the next twenty years for all I cared.

My mother gets mad about everything I do. She says she doesn’t understand me… I don’t understand me. I don’t understand the things I do or the way I feel. It’s like there’s a secret inside me that I don’t know how to tell.

She was going to Las Vegas for a week and then to Bahia del Rey…whatever… hotel, down in Cancun, Mexico with her latest boyfriend, Aaron. Goodie for them; like I could care.

Aunt Helen stepped back and took my hands. She smiled and shook her head in disbelief. Oh Marcy, just look at you, you’re almost as tall as me. You really are a young woman. And so pretty; you have a beautiful figure like your mother.

Her saying that gave me a thrill. I had grown up a lot since the last time I had seen her. My mother usually dumped me off at my grandmother’s when she wanted to do something without me. Grandma was sick, so Aunt Helen was my