The Dark Land — Mary Williams

When Mrs. Bacon moved into Green Chimneys, a cottage near a remote village in Cornwall, she welcomed the lush plants and vegetation that surrounded the house so protectively. But before long her body was found, covered by a confusion of stalks and twisted plant tendrils...she had been strangled. This is the theme of 'Possessed', one of the tales in this outstanding collection of ghost stories by Mary Williams and set in Cornwall.