The Haunting of Maddy Clare

by Simone St. James

nothing short of ravishing, her skin flawless white, her lips lush and beautiful, and her eyes heavy-lidded with the sort of sensuality Greta Garbo exuded, a world-weary, carnal knowingness that attracted men like flies.

For there was no way to convince him that, with all his scars, the terrible truth was that he was still the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

Most people are not emotionally invested in where they are buried, so their energy does not concentrate there after death. Actually,” he said with wry humor, “if one wants to avoid ghosts, the graveyard is one of the safest places to go.”