Hotel At Innsmouth (15)

O went up to her room and lay down on the bed in her clothes. – She fell asleep with the light on.

She woke up suddenly; the room was in darkness. She did not feel like taking off her clothes or going back to sleep. Instead, she got up and went down in the lift. The light was on the foyer, but the receptionist had gone to bed.

Over the village was a moon - not yet full, but well on its way. She walked down to the little bay and stood on the threshold of the jetty where she’d seen the fisherman in the afternoon.

She stopped and took a deep breath. - She smelt it again, the strange odour – not un-sea like but somehow different.