by J. R. Rain
Stevens finally took a gulp of air, and it almost sounded like a hiccup. If we’d been expecting an encounter, as with some of those legendary ghosts who kept to a certain schedule, then we could have trained Stevens on the basics of social interaction with the dead. As it was, we just had to hope he’d keep his cool.
“It’s okay, honey,” Ellen said, still stroking the air. “Don’t be afraid.”
Like we were the scary ones. But maybe we were as unnatural to them, peering back into this hard world with our sharp edges and pain, as they were to us. Such thinking bled over into the realm of brandy by the fireside, though, and philosophy alone had never trapped a ghost in a glass jar.
“Who is it?” Stevens hissed a whisper, as if his courage were leaking.
Ellen frowned but continued with her gentle gestures, keeping a deliberate poise. “Sophia? Are you Sophia?”
“Goddamn!” Stevens exploded from his chair, sending it squealing backward to slam against the wall. A couple of his diplomas clattered to the floor, glass breaking in one of them. Stevens crunched the glass underfoot as he bolted for the door.
I took one last photograph as all hell broke loose, though my hand was moving so any image would likely be blurred. Those blurry images worked for amateurs, but to me they were just a waste of electrons.
Ghost College
is available at:
Amazon Kindle * Amazon UK
Paperback * Audio Book
About the Authors:
Scott Nicholson is author of 17 books, including the bestselling Kindle thrillers Disintegration and The Red Church. He also portrays the comic book character The Digger and spends spare time revising his own epitaph.
Learn more at www.hauntedcomputer.com.
J.R. Rain is an ex-private investigator who now lives in a small house on a small island with his small dog, Sadie, who has more energy than Robin Williams.
Please visit him at www.jrrain.com.