Winthrop Hall

Fairy Tale | Gothic Romance | Short Story

Despite her instincts and the protestations of her parents, she took the job as housekeeper because she was broke, recently graduated and desperate for work. Cleaning? her mother asked, distraught. The economy had changed somewhat since her mother had gone to university. Work was work, and her father admired her ethic, in the end.

It was a garish, cold, …