Llio Plas y Nos (R. Silyn Roberts)

“...noson oedd hon i lenwi’r ofnus â braw. Symudai cysgodion y cymylau ar hyd wyneb y ddaear, a newidiai cysgodion brigau’r coed i bob ffurf a llun dan gernodiau ffyrnig gwynt y gorllewin. Awgrymai’r cysgodion ansicr eu dawns bresenoldeb ellyllon a drychiolaethau i’r dychymyg; a swniai’r gwynt trwy’r brigau a’r glaswellt fel rhuthr lleng o ysbrydion anweledig yng ngolau gwan, gwelw’r lloer; cymerai pethau cyffredin ffurfiau annaturiol, a hawdd i feddwl dyn oed llithro i stad freuddwydiol ac ofnus, ac ymlenwi â hanesion dychrynllyd am ffyrdd a llwybrau lle y cyniweiria ysbrydion anesmwyth eu byd.”

On their holiday in Dyffryn Llifon, Gwynn Morgan and his companion, the Frenchman Ivor Bonnard, hear whispers of the mysterious old ruin, Plas y Nos, and learn abour it's horrifying history. They pay the place a visit and Gwynn bores quickly enough, but Ivor wants to know more. Is it really a coincidence that they are there in the first place?

An exciting mystery story that conveys elements of it's author's Romantic aesthetic, Llio Plas y Nos was written in 1906 and republished twice in the 1940s. This new edition is in modern Welsh orthography. 

Paperback, 124 pp.