Previously on ’TALES FROM THE ZONE’: – Once upon a time the ‘Domaine de la Salz’ was supposedly visited by alien craft, ultradimensional beings who left the properties of space time permanently altered in the region. The self-appointed ‘Guardians of the Zone’ have kept watch over the portal area ever since. Until now… The Domaine […]
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The source of the Salz river in the Haute Razés has developed a reputation as a ‘window area’ since a rash of alleged sightings and anomalous tape recordings put the remote location on the UFO map in the early nineties. The otherworldly encounters reached their apex with the celebrated mass hysteria outbreak of 2012, when
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The Anglo-French legal term ‘oyer et terminer’ translates as ‘to hear and determine’. It was the one of the commissions whereby a judge of assizes sat in days of old, also known as ‘audiendo et terminando’ or ‘soc and sac’, a system of ad hoc ‘justice’ that enabled the witch hunts of the 17th century.
A narrow tar road threads through the densely thicketed hills above the river Salz, the only access route to the sanitarium, a high security garbage bin for the certifiably insane. There are no sign posts pointing to the facility, nor can you find it on googlemaps. The perimeter fence enclosing the cluster of sterile concrete
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The light died slowly. Behind me the frozen forest was already in shadow, temperature falling fast. Shaking off the cold, I stepped out into the centre of the bridge, the last place in the valley still in the sun, breath haloing about me . I wanted to pray but wasn’t sure how or who to
Tales from the Zone, by Richard Stanley. Episode 5 Blue Apple Day, part 3 of 3. This is part 3 of 3. We suggest you first read Part 1 and Part 2 “There’s nothing to it,” insisted brother Pyke as we started up the steps towards the village. Vehicles were no longer allowed to park
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Tales from the Zone, by Richard Stanley. Episode 5 Blue Apple Day, part 2 of 3. This is part 2 of 3. We suggest you start with part 1. JC was silent on the backseat, watching the frozen forest and its familiar landmarks flickering by. The mists had burned away and the cone of Bugarach
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Tales from the Zone, by Richard Stanley. Episode 5 Blue Apple Day, part 1 of 3. First light fell as a blessing through the tower room window, driving away the shadows, informing the void. I took a breath as its rays found my upturned face, centring myself, trying not to think – at least, not
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Tales from the Zone, by Richard Stanley. Episode 4. Keener intellects than mine have been driven to despair, disorder and early sorrow in attempting to chart the Zone’s multidimensional metes and bounds. Simply admitting the place exists or merely entertaining the possibility it might exist runs contrary to common sense and conventional notions of mental
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Tales from the Zone, by Richard Stanley. Episode 3. “Sous-titres français, that’s what we need.” “Pourquoi?” JC followed at a pace as we crested the rise, the road snaking away behind us, the valley of the Salz almost lost in the mist below. A brand new razor wire fence ran along the right hand side
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