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Story narrator
Story narrator
Rain
What a Kelpie is
What a Kelpie is
Malevolent, shape-changing water spirit (Scottish folklore)
Narrative structure
Narrative structure
Cumulative - each discovery intensifies effects
Type of ending
Type of ending
Ambiguous - unclear if couple escaped haunting
Author
Author
Kirsty Logan
Where author is based
Where author is based
Glasgow
Collection title (year)
Collection title (year)
Things We Say in the Dark (2019)
Couple's resolution attempt
Couple's resolution attempt
Drive to coast, throw all objects into sea
Key thematic concern
Key thematic concern
Menace beneath ordinary domestic life
Folkloric tension created
Folkloric tension created
Clash between past/present, old beliefs vs modern life