Under the Moon

The second of Ned McNeil’s moonlight mysteries, By the Fright of the Silvery Moon, inspired this poem. 

What Lay Beneath the Moonlight

by Blanche Day Manos

An ancient church, deserted now, lay in a silv’ry light,

Keeping watch o’er those who slept throughout the silent night.

Did shadows move among the stones, was evil lurking near?

Or was it just the moonlight and an old, remembered fear?

Secrets lay beneath the soil that none alive now know,

Evil deeds long buried beneath the moon’s soft glow.

The answer to a puzzle lay beneath one of the headstones in a deserted church yard. Or, was the secret in the faded inscription on that stone? One thing was certain–someone didn’t want Ned McNeil to find the answer.

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