This is the story of a majestic old mansion built high up in the Irish Hills of Southern Michigan. It was purchased from the state when the builder, who had lived there in seculsion for over sixty years died without a will. As soon as the new owners, Zack and Peggy Sue Heikel moved in, they experienced strange happenings that would eventually lead them to discover a huge old safe hidden in a room in the basement. In the safe were many wierd and fasinating items, fifty-seven canvas bags containing thousands of greenbacks, old weapons, jewerly and a jar containing nine severed human fingers, three with strange rings still attached to the bony ditits. The Heikel's would go on for nine years trying to find the meaning of these things found in the safe and when they do they have life changing events that send them fleeing for their very lives. This tale of terror is based on a TRUE story which in the end of the series results in an untimely death. Only the author knows which of the events are TRUE and which are not, but surprisingly, MOST ARE TRUE.

From William Blake through to Iain Sinclair, literature has sought to engage with and transform urban space. Architects now seek the input of poets, and storytelling is employed in urban regeneration. Writing Urban Space investigates this relationship between imaginative writing and the built environment. ,