A woman cursed to pursue dark forces encounters a lonely, vengeful spirit and invites it along on her adventures.
Author: Michael Hartford
“Knock Three Times” by Seanan McGuire
A young medium receives a cryptic but timely warning before a great disaster.
“The One Word I Can’t Say” by S.P. Miskowski
A woman seeks to exorcise the annoying ghost of her sister. Surprisingly affecting.
“The Mad Monk of Motor City” by Gwendolyn Kiste
The ghost of Rasputin haunts a crumbling apartment building until he is outwitted by a resident.
“Meeting Katie King” by Lisa Morton
A skeptical newspaperman is surprised by a spirit manifested at a seance and unable to express his new beliefs.
“A Feather for Mrs. Edmund” by David Demchuk
A young medium channeling a spirit who is not approved by his guardian meats out grim justice on a murderer. This was a delightfully dark little story.
“The Bone Eater” by Lee Murray
A homeless Maori man helps the unquiet dead find peace. I enjoyed how this story deftly weaves together traditional Maori traditions in a gritty modern environment; quite touching.
“The Marble Lily” by Kathe Koja
A janitor at a Paris morgue becomes obsessed with the beautiful corpse of a nameless young woman who drowned in the Seine. A strange and touching story of obsession.
“The Happy Medium” by Helen Marshall
A woman acts as a medium for the dead at a theme park while dressed in a mascot costume, and delivers devastating news from beyond that is outside of the park’s guidelines….
“Haunt Me” by Gemma Files
A young medium, who has come out of an especially grueling haunting with heightened powers, intervenes with an ancient, lovelorn spirit connected to an odd museum artifact. An interesting story of obsession…