Tales from the Spirit World

A new novella of supernatural horror from Donna Burgess.

Every Family Has a Ghost Story

Miles and Harper are on the cusp of middle age. Living a good life in the big city, they’re resigned to being childless. But when Harper suddenly learns that she is pregnant with twins, their somewhat boring marriage gets a much-needed kick in the pants. As they welcome a pair of beautiful little boys into their career-centered world, what should be the happiest moment of their lives quickly spirals into a pattern of heartbreak and paranoia.

As a twist of fate tragically takes one son, Harper puts on a brave face. Miles, on the other hand, isn’t holding together so well. Valiantly trying to pick the pieces of his shattered family and determined to assure the safety of his remaining son, Miles soon begins seeing things that aren’t really there.

Or are they?

The back of his mind whispers the word ghost, but logic tells him to write off the visions as a stress-induced reaction to the devastating loss. Although he keeps the troubling visions secret, he is unable to go on in the shadow of bad memories that linger in the city. In an attempt to heal his family and himself, he convinces Harper to pull up their roots and run back to his childhood home in the chilly solitude of Hemmings Pass, Alaska.

But there is no escaping the ghostly visions as they follow Miles, Harper, and little Logan all the way across the country. What’s even more frightening, Miles is no longer the only one seeing them. Plus, the once independent and creative Harper has shriveled into overly protective, dull “Stepford Mom” whose sole focus is motherhood.

And their ominous little visitor is growing bolder with each passing day.