CHAPTER 1 It happened in a second. One moment he was behind his father, the next he was surrounded by a group of shrieking, cackling, masked ghouls with his father nowhere in sight. He tried to break through but they linked arms and blocked his way. Three in monks’ capes and skeleton masks leered into his face, giggling evilly. Two wearing blank white masks beneath pirate hats wriggled white-gloved fingers under his nose. A harlequin in a … Continue reading The Mask by Patricia Bernard