The Ghosts of Northanger Hall
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Last published Fri, May 2, 2025
Katie Morland doesn't just believe ghosts exist - she's absolutely positive they're real. She hasn't read thousands of ghost stories or watched hundreds of episodes of Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures for them to be fake. She just has to PROVE it.
When she meets the Tilney siblings and finds herself with the opportunity to set up her ghost hunting gig in a maybe-probably-possibly-definitely real life haunted house, Northanger Hall, she won't let anything stand in her way. Not love. Not family. And not even a possible murder.
A modern retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey with ghosts, a Twitch channel, and a haunted house in New England.
While we like to keep things light and relatively family friendly over here, this story is somewhat darker than First Impressions. Content Warnings for this story include:
- Transphobia
- Gaslighting
- Emotional Abuse
- Homophobia (moderate/implied)
- Antisemitism and Antisemitic Tropes
- Discussions of Body Dysmorphia and Gender Dysphoria
- Discussions previous Parent Death
- Discussions of a Terminal Illness
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