Shadows of the silver screen / Edge, Christopher

Thirteen-year-old Penelope, orphaned heiress and secret author of macabre tales in "The Penny Dreadful," Victorian London's bestselling magazine, investigates the mystery of strange and sinister filmmaker whose work is turning Penelope's own stories into reality.

At the dawn of the age of silent films, a mysterious filmmaker proposes turning Montgomery Flinch's sinister stories into motion pictures and, with Monty as the star, filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events of which only Penny can uncover the cause.