Cronwall, Crossroads, and Castles… An Author Interview by Ripley Proserpina

This week, I am featuring the paranormal romance author, RM Walker. RM’s series, The Seer, is about a young woman who learns about magic after moving with her artist mother to a new home. RM’s book also has a reverse harem twist, with four love interests, and is one of my favorites I’ve read so far. RM agreed to answer my very specific questions— satisfying my love of history, spooky stories, and England!! Enjoy!

You live in England-will you share the creepiest bit of history near where you live?

Oh gosh, there are loads to be honest. The market town I live in has a lot of old buildings that are haunted. There are remnants from the Benedictine Abbey that was first built in 961 AD, making it one of the oldest Abbey’s . There are plenty of tales of ghostly monks, murdered servants, and headless coachmen who ride through here.

But I think for me there are two favourites.

Kity Jay’s grave.

Ann Jay was a 18th century farmworker. The farmer’s son had his wicked way with her and then disowned her when she fell pregnant. In those days, suicides could not be buried on consecrated land and were, instead, buried at crossroads. The belief was that by burying them at crossroads the spirits would be too confused to find their way back to haunt the living. So, poor Kity was buried at crossroads on Dartmoor.

It’s a sad story, but the twist in it is that every day from when she was buried, right up to today, a fresh bunch of flowers are found on her grave every morning. No one knows who puts them there, but locals will tell you that sometimes, late at night, a hooded figure can be seen kneeling by the grave.

I’ve seen the flowers, but never had the courage to go up at night.