On a Winter's Eve

Once upon a time, on a cold and dreary winter’s night...

For many, the frightful remembrances of an awful event suffered during their youth fade with time. For others, however, the dreadful scene swells with passing years, driving sanity from its path.

Decades after a night of terror, a man, his mind teetering on the ragged edge of madness inflicted by his childhood recollections, determines to face his fears by wakening the world to the monstrous visions that haunt his dreams.

He sits down to pen a strange narrative describing an event his family suffered while living in an isolated cabin during a blizzard - on a night of soul-wrenching horror.

This quick read is a short story in the Weird Tales tradition.