The Ghost Writer

by Loreth Anne White

The books appear to be antique editions of old and violent fairy tales, horror novels, mysteries, some swashbuckling historical romances, stories of witches and ghosts. I

revealing the secret.

“That’s the thing about a terrible secret, Grace. You think you’re keeping it, but really, it’s the secret that keeps you.”

“Nothing in nature is intrinsically evil. Nature just is, and does what it does for survival. Good, bad, evil—those are human value judgments we bestow on things, depending on our cultures, traditions, history. And we use this to keep our communities, tribes, societies in check and functioning as a whole because, really, we are just herd animals.”