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THE GHOST MODERNIST

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Serialized Horror. Each episode builds upon the one before. For new listeners, please choose either The Baroness (season two) or The House Unsettling (season one) and start with chapter one! Join me, every week, to hear another chapter. Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghostmodernist

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SUMMER 2023 - UPDATE

June 09, 2023 20:00 - 7 minutes - 5.51 MB

Just a little soul sharing. Love you all. Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghostmodernist Theme song and music provided by Atrium Carceri and Cryo Chamber Music. https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com

TRAILER (New Listeners / Season Three Updates)

January 31, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.02 MB

THIS IS THE GHOST MODERNIST. Show updates! A limited edition season is forthcoming. Details coming soon! This is serialized horror fiction podcast, with every episode building upon the one before. Each season is novel length, broken into chapters, and a self contained story.  If you are new here, welcome! Interested in a story about a couple navigating both the state of Georgia and their new haunted house, then please start with Chapter One of Season One (the House Unsettling) If the hig...

TRAILER

January 31, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.02 MB

THIS IS THE GHOST MODERNIST. Show updates! A limited edition season is forthcoming. Details coming soon! This is serialized horror fiction podcast, with every episode building upon the one before. Each season is novel length, broken into chapters, and a self contained story.  If you are new here, welcome! Interested in a story about a couple navigating both the state of Georgia and their new haunted house, then please start with Chapter One of Season One (the House Unsettling) If the hig...

FEAR BEGINS HERE

November 09, 2022 14:00 - 1 minute - 959 KB

WELCOME TO THE GHOST MODERNIST. This is serialized horror fiction podcast, with every episode building upon the one before. Each season is novel length, broken into chapters, and a self contained story.  If you are new here, welcome! Interested in a story about a couple navigating both the state of Georgia and their new haunted house, then please start with Chapter One of Season One (the House Unsettling) If the high seas are more your speed, and want to follow the souls trapped aboard a ...

The Baroness (Chapter Twenty-One)

October 26, 2022 19:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Chapter Twenty-One: "The lido deck was filling up again, with once eager vacationers milling around the deck. Coming down from the bridge, Chad Stafford thought, without the torn and bloodied clothing, without the limping, the scene looked just as it had when they’d set sail. They all had their own experiences abound the Baroness, just as Chad and Table Nine had, their own special and individualized horror and stumbled like broken refugees, survivors of some awful disaster, wandering around ...

The Baroness (Chapter Twenty)

October 10, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Chapter Twenty: "But now, hearing his shoes splashing across the Lido deck of the Baroness, and the footsteps of those pursuing him, Chad felt the weight of knowing how out of options he was. He’d ducked in, around and behind, weaving through the rain and the many drink kiosks and activity stands the baroness once offered, getting closer and closer to the bow of the ship, and finally he was at the peak of the triangle. The elevated knife’s edge that was once slicing through the Atlantic. But...

The Baroness (Chapter Nineteen)

September 28, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

Chapter Nineteen: "Wives had poisoned husbands, husbands smothering or strangling their wives. Drunken friends got into fist fights, breaking noses and necks. Knives were slipped into handbags and the pockets of sport coats to be used in the middle of the night. There had been crucifixions. It was exactly the sort of controlled chaos he craved. The type of hatred, manipulation and violence that could rouse him from his eternal slumber. This is what an ancient god expected.” Remember, there ...

The Baroness (Chapter Eighteen)

September 21, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Chapter Eighteen: "On the lido deck, the knuckles on Donnie’s Fredericks left hand were stark white as he throttled the railing. He clutched the radio in his opposite hand with the same strength. Once, twice, he depressed the talk button, but let go without saying a word. Instead, he yowled, his voice dampened by the dense rain, and threw the radio overboard.” Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @the...

The Baroness (Chapter Seventeen)

September 14, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Chapter Seventeen: "Teresa watched her husband pull the pistol out from his waistband, and hover it above Austin’s face. Marie’s attention shifted, and Teresa knew Chad wasn’t trying to scare her, rather giving her a not so subtle hint that their group had regained some measure of control. Marie’s hand was suddenly on Teresa’s knee.” Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghostmodernist Theme song ...

The Baroness (Chapter Sixteen)

September 07, 2022 15:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MB

Chapter Sixteen: "Marie heard it as she stood up. A tapping. Soft, rhythmic, like morse code. Something intentional. The woman clutched the cart’s handle and searched her immediate vicinity, expecting to find one of Donnie’s lunatic followers crouched behind her, a sinister grin and a gleaming butcher knife drumming against the metal of the prep table to get her attention before striking. She pictured him licking his lips.” Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters...

The Baroness (Chapter Fifteen)

August 24, 2022 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

Chapter Fifteen: "When the intercom cut out, the only sound was heavy rain pattering the waves and the soft whistle of wind through the sliding glass door. The blessed crispness of the ocean breeze was combatting the scent of raw construction materials and stale air inside the barren stateroom. Caroline could feel her own heartbeat. The rhythm pulsed in her ears. She could feel Greg’s hand, clammy and rigid in her own. The carpet less floor was hard beneath her and the half light of the ship...

The Baroness (Chapter Fourteen)

August 16, 2022 22:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Chapter Fourteen: "None of the group had said a word until they were safely behind the long glass counter. Teresa eased herself down to the carpet, wincing, groaning, the rush of their hurried escape catching up with her. Her husband crept around the rectangular area, opening drawers and cabinets, picking up staplers, rulers, ink pens, then tossing them back down, hunting for some sort of weapon. Marie slid down next to Teresa, put an arm around her. She didn’t know what to say, or even if s...

The Baroness (Chapter Thirteen)

August 04, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

Chapter Thirteen: "When they had reached the waterfall, they heard gunshots. The first sounded like a firecracker, then two more. Screams. Glass breaking. The whole situation was foreign, like Greg was watching someone else’s life. Someone braver. The fourth shot was louder, closer, and Caroline began sucking in huge breaths. She was going to hyperventilate. Greg pulled the woman under, then through the water, and they put their backs against the faux stone wall. He felt something dig into h...

The Baroness (Chapter Twelve)

July 28, 2022 18:00 - 14 minutes - 9.8 MB

Chapter Twelve: "Just under a foot tall, the stone sculpture was washed in a sickly green shade like oxidized copper. The passage of time, of being submerged in seawater, or buried in the sand, of changing hands, had eroded the sharp points of the wings, snapped off small pieces of the many searching tentacles, softened the once precise definition of the sculptor, but just to be in its presence was humbling.” Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunte...

The Baroness (Chapter Eleven)

July 21, 2022 18:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

Chapter Eleven: "Oh, I’m just fooling about,” Donnie said. “Forgive me, I don’t want to take up much of your time, but alas, this needs to be said. Many of you have come to me or to one of my many underlings with wild accusations or totally misguided complaints. Seems many of you have fallen under some sort of mass hysteria. Like we, representatives of Celebration Vacations, are keeping something from you. Missing luggage or spouses. Inappropriate behavior. The list goes on and on. And hones...

The Baroness (Chapter Ten)

July 06, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

Chapter Ten: "In that moment, Chad realized how profoundly little he knew about his and his wife’s safety aboard the ship. How little most people probably knew. And on the converse, how much trust they were putting into complete strangers. They were in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, sealed within a gigantic metal coffin, with a cross section of humanity’s best, and worst, impossibly floating above god knows what lurked beneath the churning waves, and they didn’t even know how or who to ca...

The Baroness (Chapter Nine)

April 12, 2022 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MB

Chapter Nine: "The State of Wisconsin, especially in brutal winter months, felt like living on the moon. Not known for its mountain ranges, the area which many of his friends from other parts of the US called “lower Canada,” was redundant, one blank, snow covered field after another. This isn’t to say that Wisconsin doesn’t have its fair share of beauty, but when Austin Holt chanced a look at the barren farms from his upstairs bedroom window in January or February, his seasonal depression an...

The Baroness (Chapter Eight)

April 05, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MB

Chapter Eight: "During his many years of civilian medicine, especially in the emergency room, he saw the aftermath of car accidents and the slow devastation of long terminal illness. He’d seen the drunken naivety of trying to assert dominance over the explosive insistence of fireworks, and the sheer absurdity of what human beings choose to put in every one of their orifices, without a much needed plan of evacuation. Including his own, he’d been present for the birth of countless children. He...

The Baroness (Chapter Seven)

March 29, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

Chapter Seven: "The Baroness had begun her journey. They were underway. Maybe it was this subtle rumble that woke her, pinioning from beam to girder, traveling up pipes and conduit, through kitchens and staterooms and supply closets, vibrating the bottles in the duty free liquor store and the poker chips languishing in their rounded wooden troughs. Or maybe it was the sound of the Baroness churning the water, its incredible tonnage beating down and stabbing through the waves. It didn’t ma...

The Baroness (Chapter Six)

March 22, 2022 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

Chapter Six: "After the rush died down, and most of the cordoned off tables had been populated, a woman came hurrying through the main entry doors, looking a bit flustered, and it took Greg only a second to register her face. The Librarian. He watched her walk up to the hostess and move her lips. The hostess looked down, then pointed vaguely in Greg’s direction. He quickly looked around, searching for openings at other tables, but they were all full. She was coming toward his table, Table Ni...

START HERE

March 19, 2022 21:00 - 40 seconds - 509 KB

The Ghost Modernist is back with an all new serialized horror story. This time, we’ve moved from the suburbs to the open ocean. For new listeners, choose either season and begin with chapter one!  The first season was titled the House Unsettling and followed a young married couple navigating their relationship as well as their haunted house. The current season follows the unlucky folks aboard The Baroness, an adults only cruise. After setting sail, the souls trapped in her belly begin to ...

The Baroness (Chapter Five)

March 15, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MB

Chapter Five: "While Austin felt stuck, imprisoned by the secret conversation, yet his body was moving. Like muscle memory, or a subconscious need to flee, he was wriggling he of the tight space between plastic chair and the video game’s glass top. His joints clicked and popped, even from being seated for a short period of time, and Austin waited, listening for the whispers to continue on, unaware of his presence.  They did." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunt...

S2x4 — The Baroness (Chapter Four)

March 08, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MB

Chapter Four: "The idea of a curse is nothing new. The covered bridge or the condemned barn, doors falling from the hinges, on the outskirts of your home town. The patch of woods where, supposedly, a witches coven met their violent end, or group of teenage satanists practiced gruesome ceremonies they thought might bring them power, or knowledge. Now, nothing grows, and the animals stay far, far away.  Do we find cursed places, or do they find us?" Remember, there are two types of people in ...

The Baroness (Chapter Four)

March 08, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MB

Chapter Four: "The idea of a curse is nothing new. The covered bridge or the condemned barn, doors falling from the hinges, on the outskirts of your home town. The patch of woods where, supposedly, a witches coven met their violent end, or group of teenage satanists practiced gruesome ceremonies they thought might bring them power, or knowledge. Now, nothing grows, and the animals stay far, far away.  Do we find cursed places, or do they find us?" Remember, there are two types of people in ...

The Baroness (Chapter Three)

March 01, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

Chapter Three: "This wasn’t the couple’s first cruise, and they were passed the point of being awed by the sheer enormity of the floating city, but the hallways on the stateroom floors were something Chad had never gotten used to. His door, number 220, was right about midship, and the corridor outside stretched on, it seemed, forever, in both directions." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghost...

S2x3 — The Baroness (Chapter Three)

March 01, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MB

Chapter Three: "This wasn’t the couple’s first cruise, and they were passed the point of being awed by the sheer enormity of the floating city, but the hallways on the stateroom floors were something Chad had never gotten used to. His door, number 220, was right about midship, and the corridor outside stretched on, it seemed, forever, in both directions." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghost...

The Baroness (Chapter Two)

February 22, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

Chapter Two: "Celebration Vacations obviously kept whatever information it had confidential, as they didn’t want to metaphorically sink their multi-billion dollar flagship before her second voyage.  Most of all, the cruise ship and the horrors the virus had created within its hull were just one of thousands, millions of stories emerging in the wake of the worldwide pandemic." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me ...

S2x2 — The Baroness (Chapter Two)

February 22, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB

Chapter Two: "Celebration Vacations obviously kept whatever information it had confidential, as they didn’t want to metaphorically sink their multi-billion dollar flagship before her second voyage.  Most of all, the cruise ship and the horrors the virus had created within its hull were just one of thousands, millions of stories emerging in the wake of the worldwide pandemic." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me ...

S2x1 — The Baroness (Chapter One)

February 15, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

Chapter One: "Now, here they were, about to board Celebration Vacations’ flagship, The Baroness of the Open Waters, taking a one-off repositioning journey, from Cancun to Venice, dubbed, “Love on the Waves.” The description in the emailed brochure told him this was, “an escape for couples celebrating anniversaries; a rocking honeymoon, a simple getaway with an old lover; the perfect place to meet a new one.”  Austin had been chosen." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. T...

The Baroness (Chapter One)

February 15, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB

Chapter One: "Now, here they were, about to board Celebration Vacations’ flagship, The Baroness of the Open Waters, taking a one-off repositioning journey, from Cancun to Venice, dubbed, “Love on the Waves.” The description in the emailed brochure told him this was, “an escape for couples celebrating anniversaries; a rocking honeymoon, a simple getaway with an old lover; the perfect place to meet a new one.”  Austin had been chosen." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. T...

TRAILER — START HERE

February 08, 2022 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.62 MB

The Ghost Modernist is back with an all new serialized horror story. This time, we’ve moved from the suburbs to the open ocean. For new listeners, choose either season and begin with chapter one!  The first season was titled the House Unsettling and followed a young married couple navigating their relationship as well as their haunted house. The current season follows the unlucky folks aboard The Baroness, an adults only cruise. After setting sail, the souls trapped in her belly begin to ...

SEASON TWO PREVIEW

February 08, 2022 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.61 MB

On February 15th, The Ghost Modernist will return with an all new serialized horror story. This time, we are moving from the suburbs to the open ocean. New episodes will drop every Tuesday. Like the first novel, I will write a chapter per week. I didn’t know where it was going until it got there. This time around is no different. However, there’s a twist. I want your help steering this ship. I’ll be reading your messages and comments on instagram @theghostmodernist and seeing where you...

REBOOT (Season Two Preview)

November 15, 2021 18:00 - 5 minutes - 3.71 MB

A sleepy Costa Rican beach town with a hippie commune and something to hide. A series of apparent demonic possessions in rural Wisconsin. A sadistic killer prowling the halls and classrooms of a stuffy literary conference. All of these? None of them? What haunt do you want next? It's been almost a year since the first story came to a close. The new one will begin very soon. This preview episode will fill you in on where I've been, where I am am now, and where WE going be going next. Reme...

OFFSEASON BONUS: Transitions / Updates

April 20, 2021 20:00 - 9 minutes - 6.53 MB

Anyone still with me? It's been about four months since the first story came to a close. The new one will begin May 15th. Listen in to this episode to hear some updates, the title of the new novel, and some hints as to what the story might be about. Can't wait to get started! Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghostmodernist @drscarelovepodcast https://drscarelove.com/the-ghost-modernist Them...

S1x27 — The House Unsettling (Chapter 27)

December 31, 2020 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Chapter Twenty-Seven: "This was the woman Denny had married, had misquoted song lyrics to on a beach in Florida. The woman he’d spent twelve hour days studying with, preparing for exams, who he’d escaped from a one percenter biker bar in Cheyenne, Wyoming with, who he’d shared joy, grief, and sweaty sheets with. This was the woman who’d changed his life, who made it seem like there was something to live for.  And now she was hideous. A monster." Remember, there are two types of people in t...

Chapter Twenty-Seven — (The House Unsettling)

December 31, 2020 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

[Part Three] Chapter Twenty-Seven: "This was the woman Denny had married, had misquoted song lyrics to on a beach in Florida. The woman he’d spent twelve hour days studying with, preparing for exams, who he’d escaped from a one percenter biker bar in Cheyenne, Wyoming with, who he’d shared joy, grief, and sweaty sheets with. This was the woman who’d changed his life, who made it seem like there was something to live for.  And now she was hideous. A monster." Remember, there are two types o...

[ARCHIVE] S1x27 — The House Unsettling (Chapter 27)

December 31, 2020 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Chapter Twenty-Seven: "This was the woman Denny had married, had misquoted song lyrics to on a beach in Florida. The woman he’d spent twelve hour days studying with, preparing for exams, who he’d escaped from a one percenter biker bar in Cheyenne, Wyoming with, who he’d shared joy, grief, and sweaty sheets with. This was the woman who’d changed his life, who made it seem like there was something to live for.  And now she was hideous. A monster." Remember, there are two types of people in t...

The House Unsettling (Chapter 27)

December 31, 2020 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Chapter Twenty-Seven: "This was the woman Denny had married, had misquoted song lyrics to on a beach in Florida. The woman he’d spent twelve hour days studying with, preparing for exams, who he’d escaped from a one percenter biker bar in Cheyenne, Wyoming with, who he’d shared joy, grief, and sweaty sheets with. This was the woman who’d changed his life, who made it seem like there was something to live for.  And now she was hideous. A monster." Remember, there are two types of people in t...

The House Unsettling (Chapter 25)

December 24, 2020 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.68 MB

Chapter Twenty-Five: "Everyone, it seemed, was iced over, stuck in place, waiting for someone else to make the first move, to cause the last crack in the dam.  And then a single, simple thought came to Denny’s mind: my wife’s dead. It was as if this thought, this horrifying recognition, one that made the bile rise in Denny’s throat, was the final straw." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @thegho...

S1x25 — The House Unsettling (Chapter 25)

December 24, 2020 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.68 MB

Chapter Twenty-Five: "Everyone, it seemed, was iced over, stuck in place, waiting for someone else to make the first move, to cause the last crack in the dam.  And then a single, simple thought came to Denny’s mind: my wife’s dead. It was as if this thought, this horrifying recognition, one that made the bile rise in Denny’s throat, was the final straw." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @thegho...

Chapter Twenty-Five — (The House Unsettling)

December 24, 2020 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.68 MB

[Part Three] Chapter Twenty-Five: "Everyone, it seemed, was iced over, stuck in place, waiting for someone else to make the first move, to cause the last crack in the dam.  And then a single, simple thought came to Denny’s mind: my wife’s dead. It was as if this thought, this horrifying recognition, one that made the bile rise in Denny’s throat, was the final straw." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for upd...

S1x26 — The House Unsettling (Chapter 26)

December 24, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MB

Chapter Twenty-Six: "After centuries of watching humans bumble around, fearing and fighting against their eventual demise, the entity had begun realize that the fragility of the tiny human mind was incapable of accepting their insignificance, that they were as fragile and unimportant as rocks or blades of grass." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghostmodernist @drscarelovepodcast https://drsc...

[ARCHIVE] S1x26 — The House Unsettling (Chapter 26)

December 24, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.18 MB

Chapter Twenty-Six: "After centuries of watching humans bumble around, fearing and fighting against their eventual demise, the entity had begun realize that the fragility of the tiny human mind was incapable of accepting their insignificance, that they were as fragile and unimportant as rocks or blades of grass." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghostmodernist @drscarelovepodcast https://drsc...

The House Unsettling (Chapter 26)

December 24, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.18 MB

Chapter Twenty-Six: "After centuries of watching humans bumble around, fearing and fighting against their eventual demise, the entity had begun realize that the fragility of the tiny human mind was incapable of accepting their insignificance, that they were as fragile and unimportant as rocks or blades of grass." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghostmodernist @drscarelovepodcast https://drsc...

Chapter Twenty-Six — (The House Unsettling)

December 24, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MB

[Part Three] Chapter Twenty-Six: "After centuries of watching humans bumble around, fearing and fighting against their eventual demise, the entity had begun realize that the fragility of the tiny human mind was incapable of accepting their insignificance, that they were as fragile and unimportant as rocks or blades of grass." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @theghostmodernist @drscarelovepodcast...

[ARCHIVE] S1x25 — The House Unsettling (Chapter 25)

December 24, 2020 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.68 MB

Chapter Twenty-Five: "Everyone, it seemed, was iced over, stuck in place, waiting for someone else to make the first move, to cause the last crack in the dam.  And then a single, simple thought came to Denny’s mind: my wife’s dead. It was as if this thought, this horrifying recognition, one that made the bile rise in Denny’s throat, was the final straw." Remember, there are two types of people in this world. The Haunters and the Haunted. Which one are you? Follow me for updates! @thegho...

[ARCHIVE] S1x23 — The House Unsettling (Chapter 23)

December 22, 2020 05:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Chapter Twenty-Three: "Despite the rain pounding the windows and roof, the house suddenly felt full of life. Pulsing with hope. Kate awoke with a celebratory feeling, like it was Christmas morning.  Both of her blonde labradors, Roxy and Echo, were sitting by the closed bedroom door, tails swishing on the hardwood. They too, seemed to be feeling the vibrance and excitement that lay just beyond.  And then it was coming inside to greet them." Remember, there are two types of people in this ...

The House Unsettling (Chapter 24)

December 22, 2020 05:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MB

Chapter Twenty-Four: "The low murmur of harmonizing voices drew Denny into consciousness. His head throbbed, a dull ache emanating from the spot on the back of his skull where he’d been struck, and he didn’t want to open his eyes at first, fearing that any light might make the pain worse, but as he cracked his eyelids, he saw that illumination was not only minimal, but it was coming from only a single source.  The dregs of an afternoon sun stretched across the scarred concrete floor to wher...

Chapter Twenty-Three — (The House Unsettling)

December 22, 2020 05:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

[Part Three] Chapter Twenty-Three: "Despite the rain pounding the windows and roof, the house suddenly felt full of life. Pulsing with hope. Kate awoke with a celebratory feeling, like it was Christmas morning.  Both of her blonde labradors, Roxy and Echo, were sitting by the closed bedroom door, tails swishing on the hardwood. They too, seemed to be feeling the vibrance and excitement that lay just beyond.  And then it was coming inside to greet them." Remember, there are two types of pe...

S1x23 — The House Unsettling (Chapter 23)

December 22, 2020 05:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Chapter Twenty-Three: "Despite the rain pounding the windows and roof, the house suddenly felt full of life. Pulsing with hope. Kate awoke with a celebratory feeling, like it was Christmas morning.  Both of her blonde labradors, Roxy and Echo, were sitting by the closed bedroom door, tails swishing on the hardwood. They too, seemed to be feeling the vibrance and excitement that lay just beyond.  And then it was coming inside to greet them." Remember, there are two types of people in this ...