Off The Maps
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Last published Sat, Jun 14, 2025
Ivy has always believed in a world beyond- the kind of place where spirits linger and secrets never die, Now that she finally has her own car and a stash of ghost hunting gear, she's ready to investigate real haunted places. First stop: Greywick, the long abandoned mining town just miles outside their own. Officially, it was wiped off the map after a deadly mine collapse. Unofficially, locals whisper about voices in the woods, shadows in windows, and the town that never truly died.
She convinces her best friend, Sam, to come along for the ride. But Sam is nothing like Ivy- grounded, cynical, and done believing in ghosts. After her dad died in a house fire, Sam tried to reach out to him through ghost hunting... but silence was all she got. She gave up hope a long time ago.
Greywick is supposed to be empty.
But the girls aren't alone.
And some things buried don't stay quiet forever.
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