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Ophelia Grimm
Genevieve,
Hurry, your time is running out, the Shadow Voice
If you miss your window, there will be consequences.
If you aren’t home before dark, you and Genevieve will die,
The sun will set soon,
Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
tapping her knuckles—one, two, three—on the side of the casket to soothe her mind.
“And you’re both sure you don’t wish for an autopsy?”
“I know all the signs point to a heart attack, but she was awfully young for her heart to give out without—” “You aren’t cutting open our mother,”
Can you contact my brother on the Other Side so I can tell him I’m sorry?
Can you resurrect my girlfriend so she can tell the police I didn’t do it? Can you convince a Poltergeist to possess my husband and make him more tolerable?
Of the smell of gumbo and honeyed cornbread every Sunday in the winter.
If you don’t knock on that door three times in the next five seconds,
you’ll die too.
Tick, tock.
Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
While you were stuck inside, assisting your mother with calling upon the dead, your sister was making friends,
Don’t you hate her for it? Don’t you wish you could make her hurt? Make her bleed? They think she’s perfect, and funny, and pretty, and you’re—
“I’m not her.”
“Go away.”
“I’m not her, she’s gone. I’ll never be her. Leave me alone.”
Mardi Gras Krewes. Mystick.”
There were two golden rules their mother had taught them about roaming New Orleans after dark: the first was that if the dark looks at you, you never look back. That was a surefire way to be caught by a Devil.
The second rule was that if you did break the first, never ever make any deals with a Devil. Not unless you wanted to lose your soul.
Ophelia couldn’t help but wonder if she was wildly unprepared to assimilate into normal society without their mother as her guide. Death she was familiar with. Living would be the real challenge.
Souls that are dead cannot cross roses of red,
Mr. Mouton, and this is Mr. Lafitte,”
New Orleans City Bank.
“since you both are equal shareholders in this estate, I’ll need you both to come down with me.”
Follow your heart.
“Your mother stopped making payments on the manor earlier this year.
“It says right here that she took out a cash loan against the manor’s equity for personal use. Nearly thirty-five thousand dollars—with interest. She’s only paid five thousand back. See? These are the carbon copies of the checks.”
You’re failing your family’s legacy already, and you haven’t even begun,
Knock on the wall three times and everything will be okay.
October 23: Phantasma, the Devil’s Manor, arrives in New Orleans
The competition’s insidious reputation continues to terrorize the continent, leaving a trail of blood in its wake. A place where nightmares roam free, but the dream of winning a magical prize keeps participants rolling in.
Why can’t you see that you’re holding yourself back trying to fit into a mold Mother made for you?
Everything is going to be okay,
“Can you see me?” a small, squeaky voice asked.
“I can’t see you, but I can hear you,”
“Are you here to entertain me?”
“No,” Ophelia a...
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“Why not?” the voice pouted. “I’m bored. We can play games.”
“You shouldn’t be here,” a new, much deeper voice
“Uh-oh,” the first Apparition whispered before their energy disappeared
Phantasma.