Womb Tomb: A Novella

WOMB TOMB

Val Espin's estranged father, Michael, dies with a request in his Last Will & Testament for his son to scatter his ashes at the Stone Age Tomb that he spent his life researching and writing books about. Begrudgingly, Val respects his father's final wishes and takes his urn to West Kennet Long Barrow to perform the ceremony as requested at Samhuinn, the Pagan festival of the Dead. While ingesting the Fly Agaric hallucinogenic mushroom that Ancient Shaman's used for their Vision Quests, Val experiences a harrowing journey that puts his very soul on the line. He learns of an ancestral blood debt that must be settled, as well as atoning for his father's sudden demise. Under the influence of the mushroom, he travels back in time to the Neolithic era in which the house of the dead, or so-called 'Womb Tomb', was built, learning of its true and foul purpose far too late to alter his course...

Tadhg Culley is a Professional Screenwriter, Published Author and Poet from the UK. He has written ten feature film screenplays, eight TV series scripts, eight poetry books, eight novellas, three guidebooks, one memoir, one collection of short stories, and many other short-form works, delving into documentary, theatre, animation and games. He is a BAFTA Scholar and graduate of both the National Film & TV School (NFTS) & the University of Creative Arts (UCA).