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b'Hugh and Margaret Grainger rent a lovely old house near a golf course. At the bottom of the garden is a mysterious, well-kept thatched cottage that appears unoccupied.\\xa0\\nHowever, a visitor senses a strange presence within and occasionally sees lights or figures inside. Margaret, fascinated with communicating via planchette, starts receiving odd messages from an entity calling himself "the gardener."\\xa0\\nHe announces a desire to enter the main house, catapulting the Graingers into disturbing events.\\xa0\\n\\nThe empty cottage is not so empty after all, and the gardener\'s unseen presence brings terror to the once-idyllic home.\\xa0\\nThrough the planchette, Margaret has unlocked a portal between worlds, allowing a malevolent spirit access into the realm of the living. Now the Graingers must confront the implications of meddling with forces beyond their understanding.\\n\\nI was sent the anthology The Dead of Winter\\nhttps://profilebooks.com/work/the-dead-of-winter/\\nBy profile books. The Gardener by E F Benson is\\xa0one of ten classic winter ghost stories in that anthology edited by Cecily Gayford.\\xa0\\n\\nThanks to Profile Books for the copy they sent me.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'