The Uninvited

thrall to non-existent forces which theygenerally claim represent either good orevil, I know that there’s always apragmatic explanation for their terrors.But often it’s one they’d rather not face.So if their baby has altered beyondrecognition it won’t be thanks to a blow tothe head, but because he’s a changeling. Ifthey lose something, a goblin stole it. If awoman gets pregnant when she issupposed to be a virgin, it’s holyintervention. Superstitious conviction isborn of an unconscious decision, in theface of the unthinkable, to fabulate.This is something I could never do.‘Which is why you chose to study it,’Professor Whybray said, when I told himof my decision.He was usually right.