Nightmare Fuel

‘I tried to act as if the ghost had no possible effect on me. This seemed like the easiest device. It was actually quite hard.’

“Some people think knowing is power. But Mama doesn’t feel that way, not at all. A curse, she calls it.”

“Once, we were playing hide-and-seek, and I could not find her. I was just starting to panic when she appeared at the back door.”

“Although our father Gary was a closed, unknown donor when he was alive, he agreed to the terms.”

“Her own name hit her like a rock to the shoulder. Myra’s torso twisted around so she was face-to-face with her husband.”

“If you’re there,” I prayed, “grant my wish. Make it possible for me to live one life, not two. Make me whole.”