A turn to the Side_The Afterlife of Theodore Gibbs_Scarred for Life_Séance~ A Halloween Short Story
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A turn to the Side
Nelly was a normal six-year-old by all accounts. She liked dolls and trucks. She likes to kiss her younger brother. And sometimes bite him. She will do her nightly prayers and slept with her stuffed bunny. All was right as rain until one day, Nelly could walk on the walls. And only the walls. Just a normal day when her father stirred her from sleep to get her ready for school. But unlike most mornings when Nelly's fuzzy socks will touch the cold floor and stand from her bed, Nelly fell. Fell straight to the floor. Now, she could feel her legs, her knees, and her toes. But she could not get up....
The Afterlife of Theodore Gibbs
Case File: Intermediate Soul No. 7593 Novice Assessor Report Completed By: FrancineThe job of an Assessor at Existence INC, as we all know, is to ensure an intermediate soul is ready to leave their old life behind and begin their new assignment on Earth. I knew Theodore Gibbs was not ready to leave his old life behind the second his soul walked into my office. I first learned of Theodore Gibbs in the monthly Revitalization Department meeting just a few days prior to formally meeting him. The agenda was not out of the ordinary; Assessors gave briefings on their cases and new cases were assigne...
Scarred for Life
“You wanna do something fun?” I look up. I’d gotten distracted, tracing my fingers along the scar on my palm. “I said, do you wanna do something fun?” I blink my bleary eyes into action and shift in the direction of the familiar voice, but no one is there. There’s a tap on my opposite shoulder that sends goosebumps down my spine. I twww.onedoor.ccurn to see her beside me, grinning from ear to ear as if nothing about this is unusual.“Awe, don’t do that. You’re creasing up my perfect face.” I look down to find my hand clenched around the pamphlet I’d been given before taking my seat. Flattening it out on my k...
Séance~ A Halloween Short Story
Everything was ready for the ritualTara: ~Te expectamus(We look for thee)~per umbra,(through the shadow)Jack: ~prodire in lucem,(come forth to light)~de patibulo,(from the gallow)Brad: ~munus nostrum,(receive our gift)~vitae sequi,(of life to follow) Together: ~ad mortem et sanctificationem.(back to death and the hallow)Tara started her segment of the enchantment, then myself, then Brad and finally completing the final line of the incantation together as one. A silence fell over the room. Looking around at Brad and Tara in front of me. The ambient light from the candles dancing around the ...