Winters Ghost
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Last published Mon, Oct 6, 2014
Winter had always seemed so untainted; the sparkling white powder that lay upon the ground like sheets glistened with purity. At winter’s departure the beauty underneath the melting snow would shine and the wonderful mysteries would be revealed. Darkness seemed to be forbidden from the light of new life that the ending of winter brought. At least, that is what I had always believed to be true.
My name is Harper Sophia James and I was murdered on March 19, 2012.
At the end of one of the most beautiful winters I had seen, my life was taken from me in an abandoned house deep in the woods. After escaping an endless, emotionless pit of darkness, I found myself stuck in the house where I lost everything. Invisible to the world, I thought I was destined to haunt the walls of this home for the rest of my ghost like existence.
Nearly three years later I met the one person who could see. With another winter’s end coming I was determined to unveil the mystery of my murder because I was more than just winters ghost.
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