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Asa is an unwilling sensitive with a fear of mirrors and anything reflective.
     Amy is an unwitting empath. 
     Together they are responsible for murder.

THE SHIPPY SIBLINGS are rarely alone, despite living as secluded orphans on the remains of their family's generational farm. Tucked between the scrub-spattered brown hills of Salinas Valley, the decayed farmhouse is home to more than just the Shippy's family secrets. Ghosts vie for a foothold in this world, focusing most of their attention on poor Asa, whose lifelong Shadowman attachment has made it impossible for him to live normally.
    Amy, on the other hand, doesn't seem as heartily affected. Her constant struggle to erase the memory of their abusive, dead mother preoccupies most of her personality. But when a serial killer appears to be targeting them specifically, the siblings are forced to confront a haunting so personal, so vengeful, that it can only be family.

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Pretty Dead Things | ONC 2025 by Nicoismysenpai

🏆ONC 2025 || Round One Round Winner Cary Leong sees ghosts. Ever since his parents were brutally murdered by one, he's lived in the space between reality and the other world, mingling with humans and the supernatural alike in a desperate attempt to track down their killer. But there's only so much one boy can do---until Jackson Grey shows up on his doorstep. Jackson is desperate. His girlfriend, Sophia, is being haunted, and he needs Cary's assistance. Seizing the opportunity, Cary proposes a deal: he'll help Jackson...if Jackson helps him find his parents' murderer. Accompanied by Sophia and Sophia's overprotective, hot-tempered brother, Edmund, Cary and Jackson must tread the border between worlds in order to kill the ghosts of their pasts and presents---or die trying. Dead men tell no tales, but the other world has a lot to say.

Confessions of a Wannabe Ghost Hunter by MarilynVix

Melissa Turner is a new freshman at Saint Helena University. She's wanted to get to college and away from her hometown and parents. Finally, she is free. But she is looking for things to do at college besides just going to classes. No one will know her as the weird autistic kid here. She finds a flyer suggesting the local first meeting of the Paranormal Investigations Club. Why not? But when she gets there, she's surprised by what she finds. Facing her fears of interacting with people, Melissa finds herself joining a paranormal investigation group and discovering more about herself than she ever dreamed. But when a mystery starts to unfold from her ghost interactions. her new found ghost hunting family will help her find the truth to one of the biggest campus secrets. **Updates are happening every two weeks right now on Fridays. Please follow and comment. It all keeps me going.

The Tragedy of Eden's Gate by Maeve-Ashford

When a dark situation leads Theo to the quiet village of Eden's Gate, where the residents are odd and the pool of friends severely lacking, he's less than thrilled. The town is a miserable means to an end. And, to make matters even worse, he's pretty sure the house is haunted. Cold spots, flickering lights, a shadow that won't stop following him- a recipe for a haunting, and for a complete disaster. Sam is a vengeful spirit, cursed to walk the halls of his own murder scene for the rest of eternity, doomed to an afterlife of dismal solitude. And then his favourite resident goes and dies, the house is given to new people, and Sam discovers - quite by accident - that the boy sleeping in his room can see him. And he is the only one who can help Sam solve his murder. ───── • ⋆⋅⛧⋅⋆ • ───── Status: Complete Story length: 40,000 words ONC 2023 Prompt: • They were not real, everyone told me they were not real. But why are they here? Why are they trying to talk to me? Why are they calling me the ONE? Why are they staring at me like that? (23)

Dream for the Dead (Completed/Editing) by JamTartt

Tabitha and her mother think they have found themselves the perfect place to live: an extremely affordable mansion in a small town far away from Tabitha's father, a monster of a human being. However, if something seems too perfect to be true, it probably is. Tabitha meets a strange boy named Elias, a boy she finds hanging around on the mansion grounds. That's when Tabitha's life becomes rather peculiar, and she is forced into discovering some things she may have been better off never knowing. Our protagonist is thrown into a world of self discovery: a completely new world she never thought could really exist; a place where she must face her greatest fears, and unearth the bravery she never knew she had. Filled with terror, trying to muster unknown courage and motivated by the strength of young, fresh love and goodwill, Tabitha embarks on a journey like no other. But will her decision to save others put her own life in danger? (A paranormal novel with aspects of romance, violence, murder and time travel. I completed this work in 2015 and regularly check back to do minor edits and sometimes add facts/character histories etc. PLEASE NOTE THAT HEAVY THEMES ARE PRESENT IN THIS STORY, INCLUDING MURDER, SUICIDE AND A REFERENCE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. PLEASE, IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THESE THEMES WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOU, RECONSIDER YOUR NEED TO READ. Thank you).

Hello Darkness by shauna_philp

Charley Beckett-perfectly sane, normal, Charley Beckett-counts everything. Years since her parents' unsolved murder: fifteen. Bodies she's found dead: three. Puncture wounds on each of their throats: two. People who believe her when she says vampires are to blame: zero. Since her parents' murder, she's tried to get past her hallucinations, PTSD, and her reputation as the little red-haired girl police found screaming about monsters that didn't-surely, couldn't-exist. But there's this story-conspiracy theory-swirling around her small town that says her father was part of a secret government experiment, one that would prove vampires weren't legends at all. And Charley can't move on. Especially when she stumbles upon a dead girl with the same bloody puncture wounds as her parents-and someone follows her home. Left with no one who believes her, Charley breaks into the abandoned facility where her father once worked, desperate to find the truth. But she's not the only one after answers. Victor, a handsome vampire, is there to convince her that not only is she perfectly sane, but he's the only one that can save her from those who seek to abuse her connection to the government's experiments. However, when Victor knows details about her parents' death that only the murderer could, Charley will need to learn to trust herself, no matter how crazy her thoughts may seem. If she doesn't, she'll go from counting bodies to counting her last heartbeats...one...two...three...nothing. "Maybe someone heard my screams or maybe the reaper wears combat boots..."

[Not Just Any Other] Ghost Story by rskovach

A town with secrets. A girl with questions. And a revelation that's more shocking than any of them ever expected. * * * * * Sarah wants to spend the last months before college exploring her aunt's sleepy New England town while quietly crushing on the local football star, but the resident ghost has other plans. When evidence of an eighty-year-old murder is discovered, Sarah becomes convinced that the victim is trying to give her a message or perhaps, even a warning. But how could any of it be connected, and most importantly, what is there for her to be afraid of in sweet-as-(pumpkin spice) pie New Bedford? * * * CONTENT WARNING: This story has discussions and depictions of certain themes that some readers may find triggering. This includes verbal, physical, and sexual assault, issues surrounding mental health, and child loss. Read at your own discretion. Note that this is a first draft of this story. It is exclusive to Wattpad and if you find it elsewhere, it has been illegally pirated and you're at risk for malware. [Approx. 50K word Novel] (c) 2021-22 All Rights Reserved - Copyright RS Kovach

Out of Hand by LoweFantasy

Sequel to Out of Reach BUT CAN BE READ ON ITS OWN. A new semester, a new case, and Mai is ready to go. But she gives herself too much credit and the paranormal too little. Will she be able to live through the church aching of injustices and fear, or will someone else have to pull her out of it? And what does a Buddhist wanting to date her have to do with it? Rated M for a pedophile being pedo-y and getting shot. Because pedophiles need to be shot.

Awaking in the Light of All the Stars Aligned by Music_Geneva38

Tommy has always been able to talk to dead people, ever since he can remember it went from speaking to imaginary friends to having full conversations with visible spirits. His older sister, Niki, was the only family he had in the world, their parents murdered when they were both young while working for the Supernatural Ambassadors Agency. Ages ago all paranormal races united to form the policing faction their most promising could work for to keep the peace among races and keep their existence a secret from humanity; the Agency stepped in to protect the siblings from the same beings who hunted their father down for his abilities. This will be a story following two siblings learning to let others in to help while investigating mysterious deaths within the Agency's rankings while Eret teaches Tommy more of how to control his abilities. Finding family in the most unlikely of places, blood is not the only connection you need to have to find a home among strangers. For Spooky Week 2022 put together by kaydrabbles.

MirrorMirror by ShaunAllan

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