Abe Barrett is surrounded by ghosts - some of them are even his roommates! But now Abe's visions show something dark coming, and it wants Abe dead. ***** When Abe Barrett's family died, he started seeing ghosts. Soon he was living with three of them, and it turns out ghosts are just as eccentric as people. Abe is bothered by the ghosts constantly since he doesn't want to solve their murders, avenge them or do much of anything. He just wants to do his job and relax. His dreams, however, have been getting darker as people in town start to disappear. Soon Abe realizes there is something hunting him, and that same threat was involved with his family's deaths. A legacy of darkness is chasing Abe Barrett, and his supernatural roommates may not be enough to save him. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

originally written by BOSS. AMAL

After decades at sea and a lifetime of loneliness, a weary sailor returns to land, broken by back pain and burdened by years of isolation. With no family left but a cantankerous uncle and a memory of a decaying childhood home, he chooses solitude over comfort, moving into an abandoned farmhouse long believed to be unfit for living. But the house is not as empty as it seems... A haunting short story of love, madness, and the price of seeing what you want to see. EXCERPT: I hesitated, but only for a second. For her, I'd do anything. I swallowed hard and took the knife. Scraped my finger across the blade, sharp, cold, and let the blood drip into the bowl. The fire hissed when it hit, and the smoke twisted up faster, like it had been waitin'. GENRE: Psychological Horror / Supernatural / Tragic Romance SETTING: Rural town, 1960s, abandoned farmhouse (S T O R Y S T A T U S) Completed