Ghost Dance

by Rod Marsden

If Helen Kiln wanted a quiet, no-nonsense life she should never have become a psychic for the PSI division of the Sydney, Australia branch of the Secret Compass. Of late there were ghosts to sort out, vampires on the loose, a Gypsy warning to heed and a young man becoming a monster to befriend. With any luck she’d get in her morning cup of coffee and donuts!


Frank Burkhard, the young man, and Petra Card, a female vampire, were expected in Worms (Voems), Germany where they were hopefully going to save the world. There was also a warlock out to save humanity by killing off a lot of people. In all of this Helen could envisage, through her powers, a dead man about to make a stand. Helen knew this for a certainty. It just wasn’t clear to her who it was going to be. It, in fact, might not be a man at all but a woman.

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First published August 27, 2010

About the author

Rod Marsden was born in Sydney, Australia. He has three degrees; all related to writing and to history. He spent nine and a half years as a civilian clerk with the Royal Australian Navy. His proudest moments there were in the publications area. He enjoys wildlife photography and in recent years joined Illawarra Birders. His stories have been published in Australia, England, Russia, the USA and Canada. He has work in the Australian anthology Small Suburban Crimes, the American anthology Cats Do it Better, the American steam punk anthology Break Time, the Canadian anthology Morbid Metamorphosis and also in the Canadian anthology Grey Matter Monsters – Takers of Souls. Many of his short stories, including Second Thoughts, have been published in Night to Dawn magazine. Undead Reb Down Under and Other Vampire Stories is a collection of his early short fiction on vampirism. His novel Disco Evil is his first venture into the vampire novel. Ghost Dance is his first undertaking into dark fantasy involving a quest plus secret agents out to prevent demonic takeover. It has been reprinted with a brand new cover. Desk Job is his salute to Lewis Carroll. His short plays, Zombie Vision, Hyde and Seek and Smarty were well received at Cronulla Arts Theatre, south coast, New South Wales, Australia. Both his plays Smarty and Hyde and Seek made it into Sydney’s Short and Sweet contest. He has a short story in The Twofer Compendium edited by Ruth Littner and Ann Stolinsky (2020). 50 Dragons (2020).