What was that one about the woman? Come on you know the one. Well atleast I know the one and I will tell you everything I know so let's dive right in shall we.
Our story begins on the balcony of an eight story building in New York City, meet Erin.
Erin is 33 years old, her hair is dark brown and her eyes likewise. Now, you would wonder why our story starts on a balcony and I will tell you this, Erin had decided to end her life. And I know what you're thinking: "Oh no, why would she ever do such a thing?" but relax. You see, Erin had devoted her whole life to science about the unknown and had come up with a perfect plan to learn more about it. Every book she read were each bricks that built up to her brilliant plan. She knew what was going to happen after she'd passed the barrier between the living and the dead and it would be a whole new world. And don't pity, because this is only the beginning of our story so you know that this is not how it will end.
Let's get back to Erin, whom is almost at the edge when suddenly all the thoughts that should have been bothering her before hit her. They did not let her think rationally on one of them at a time. It was like they wanted to attack her, scare her. Would it hurt to die? Would she regret it once she's in the air? Is there actually something after life on earth? What if the only thing she can see is darkness? Is that it? She tried to put the thoughts aside for a minute and one, two, three... JUMP!
The air touched her face with a smooth hand and before she even knew what was happening, she was gone.
After she became aware of the pounding headache Erin opened her eyes. She knew that she must have made it because dead people do not feel pain.
Suddenly, there was a voice, it was so dark and deep and once it spoke Erin felt like it could have shaken earth out of it's orbit.
"Erin Linetti, welcome to the paranormal side."
Paranormal side? She thought to herself, she must have gotten stuck between heaven and hell because that's where the ghosts go.
"Stand up and let me take a good look at you."
Erin did as the voice commanded for she dared no different. Then she heard a chuckle, a deep dark one that she seemed to have initiated.
"Oh Erin from earth come, come I'll show you around."
She felt the soft touch of a hand on her shoulder and behind her stood the mysterious voice. And let's just say that the man who was the carrier of the voice did not look half bad. His hair and eyes were just like Erin's, his cheekbones and jawline were both incredibly chiseled and he was wearing a white tight t-shirt along with some blue jeans.
Erin took his hand and they started walking up a hill that was so white that you could have thought it was snow. The man walked them up to a golden gate and he only had to knock once before a man with a see through body came and opened up.
On the other side there was not much to look at, some small houses made out of something that could have been rubber or plastic. Ghosts were flying around holding brooms and vacuums, there were many garbage bins that had been knocked over and trees had fallen down and blocked the road made out of some sort of foam.
"Excuse me, but what happened to this place?" Erin asked the man who had taken her here.
"Oh it was the bad ghosts who did it."
"The bad ghosts?"
"Yes, you see everyone are not good enough to enter the gates of the paranormal side so they get put in a cell, but a couple of days ago some of them got loose and decided to trash this whole place."
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The paranormal side
Short StoryErin, scientist of the paranormal one day decides to end her life. She wanted nothing more than to learn about the other side and she was certain that it existed. She jumps from a balcony and hit the hard surface. She wakes up and finds herself not...