ABOVE THE WORLD
by Ramsey CampbellNobody was at Reception when Knox came downstairs. The dinner gong hung mute in its frame; napkin pyramids guarded dining tables; in the lounge, chairs sat emptily. Nothing moved except fish in the aquarium, fluorescent gleams amid water that bubbled like lemonade. The visitors’ book lay open on the counter. He riffled the pages idly, seeking his previous visit. A Manchester address caught his attention: but the name wasn’t his—not any longer. The names were those of his wife and the man.
It took him a moment to realize. They must have been married by then. So the man’s name had been Tooley, had it? Knox hadn’t cared to know. He was pleased to find that he felt nothing but curiosity. Why had she returned here—for a kind of second honeymoon, to exorcise h
