For The Devil Is Always In The Detail

Marc Barham
Promptly Written
Published in
6 min readDec 16, 2021

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It is a strange tale by most corporeal standards. And it is as yet unfinished. It is by putting it down upon the page that — I hope and I pray — to perhaps better understand the true nature of the events that took place. It is not just me, but, you too the reader — once my description of these events is upon this screen — should also be able, to help me find some answer to the very mystery of my friend's untimely death.

I had known Jeremy — — since childhood. He had been my best friend. But as we grew older we went our separate ways and we only communicated with each other on birthdays and at Xmas, usually by e-mail. The years passed and even these communications began to cease until about 2 years ago when all communication had stopped completely.

However, at about the same time I began to read articles by my friend on various topics that were of interest to the educated layman. His reputation I could see was growing. Then about 6 months ago I read on the site a series of short stories that were of a different caliber to the rather ponderous tales my friend had been producing. I was like many others astounded by their perception and perspicaciousness. These were stories of deep psychological perception. I was quite startled as I knew my friend to have little in the way of an understanding of human psychology. He had studied and been highly proficient in…

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Marc Barham
Promptly Written

Column @ timetravelnexus.com on iconic books, TV shows/films: Time Travel Peregrinations. Reviewed all episodes of ‘Dark’ @ site. https://linktr.ee/marcbarham64