Sorry For the Absence

First and foremost, my sincere apologies. I have been an extremely busy person in the last two years. My novel, War Zone, is almost ready for publication and visits to New York City and other projects I have been working on have taken most of my time!
I will be posting short stories here for people to enjoy; as I have said, for those that like horror-in-a-small-town stories, this is the place to come for them. The town in particular, Hyde, will be the setting for my stories and in no way will include real business names, personal property names etc as I want to avoid any trouble! Hyde is a lovely little community that has admittedly had its fair share of bad press in the last two decades, but the town has moved on.
All the best for Christmas and the New Year and I hope you enjoy the stories.

Paul Raimi
December 2013.

The Purpose Of This Page

The purpose of this page is to post stories (fictional) that are set in and around my home town of Hyde, Greater Manchester. My name is Paul Raimi. I am 26 years old at this writing, and I am an aspiring author. I have had a few short stories published in various magazines and e-zines, and I currently working on my novel, 'The Second Coming.' The location in that novel is based on Hyde, but I have changed it for the course of the story.

This blog will be interesting to fans of 'horror-in-a-small-town' variety, and I hope I get some followers. Hyde has had it's fair share of the limelight in recent years with the Shipman case as well as other things. My main purpose (and the purpose of this page) is to unite readers and authors who love doing the same thing.

There will be numerous stories here, one which I plan on doing tonight, called 'The Cemetery,' based in Hyde Cemetery, although set in a completely different part of the world, people from Hyde will instantly recognise the Hyde Chapel that is in the cemetery, and the way the headstones are set. I am hoping that people will enjoy what I have to offer, and of course, any feedback would be greatly appreciated. So would constructive criticism.

Thank you, and I will be back soon.