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The Case Files

Book cover for 'Undercurrent' a 'Mabel Shirley Case File'. An illustration of a greengrocers shop with a magical undercurrent effect under the shop. A short story by Richard Odell
Undercurrent, a story by Richard Odell.

Following on from The Corpse Door, and Finding Mabel, this case file returns to an earlier chapter in Mabel Shirley’s life—before the war, before the government’s attention, before her name was whispered in certain circles.

It is 1904. Mabel is seventeen and still learning to live with the gift she never asked for. In the quiet village of Easterwich, she runs the family shop and studies the old ways under the watchful eye of Felicity Redhill.

Then comes the invitation: a request to investigate strange disturbances at Brockthorn Abbey. What waits there is more than folklore. It is Mabel’s first reckoning with the world beyond—and the moment that sets everything in motion.

This is where her true calling begins.


Welcome to Mabel’s world

All chapters links are below. 

  1. Prologue – Autumn 1904
    1,056 Words
  2. Chapter 1 – Undercurrent
    1,672 Words
  3. Chapter 2 – Undercurrent
    2,388 Words
  4. Chapter 3 – Undercurrent
    1,341 Words
  5. Chapter 4 – Undercurrent
    2,787 Words
  6. Chapter 5 – Undercurrent
    2,983 Words
  7. Chapter 6 – Undercurrent
    2,793 Words
  8. Chapter 7 – Undercurrent
    1,901 Words

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