I’ve always wanted to see a ghost. If there’s a Haunted Walking Tour, I’m
there. But still no luck. I love all those paranormal reality shows on
TV. I’ve even considered paying to spend
the night in a haunted colonial jail a few towns over. If they had indoor plumbing, I would do it!
But the other night, I thought I heard someone
climbing the stairs over and over, up and down, accompanied by the sound of
change jingling from a pocket. Now, my
husband runs a few mornings a week, and sometimes he does the stairs a few
times to warm up, but I lay there in the dark thinking, why does he have a
pocketful of change when he’s going running?
Then I rolled over and saw that he was still in bed next to me, and both
our sons were at sleepovers.
My stairs don't actually look anything like that! |
The noise stopped, but I still had to get up and
investigate. I didn’t find anything, but
in the darkness of 1:30 a.m., I decided maybe it wouldn’t be so cool to see a
ghost. At least not in my own home!
But I admit I had a lot of fun writing the scenes in
Silver Lake when our heroine Rain Anderson actually sees the ghost. As much as she wants to help her old friend’s
spirit find peace, encountering her ghost is terrifying. Luckily Jason is at the lake house too—but
even he, a Fourth degree black belt in Karate, can’t do much about a ghost
determined to get her message through!
I had to tap into a more sinister place to bring the
ghost in Gull Harbor “to life”. While I
would never define my novels as horror stories, the paranormal parts are designed to elicit a few
chills. And the ghost in Gull Harbor is
very angry and aggressive—for a good reason.
Can psychic medium Claire Linden figure out what happened before tragedy
strikes again? And can Max Baron, her
former boyfriend, get past Claire’s resentment in enough time to try to help
keep her safe?
How about you?
Has anyone seen a ghost? I’d love
to hear your haunting stories - and it just might help kick my imagination into gear for my next ghost story :)
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