The Black Swan Ghost (#1.5 Penderry's Bizarre)
JoanneWeaver
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  • Reads 29,148
  • Votes 2,875
  • Parts 10
  • Time 1h 15m
JoanneWeaver
Complete, First published Dec 17, 2014
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Cursed with clairvoyance, Millicent Sinclair has been seeing ghosts for years. More annoyingly, she can hear them, speak with them, and worst of all, feel their clammy, cold touch. She takes no nonsense from the dead (or the living, for that matter), but an overnight stay at the haunted 'Black Swan Inn' leads to more than she bargained for.

A short story for Christmas.
~Selected by Crimson Peak (sponsored Reading List 'Historical Horror')
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