By Juleigh Howard-Hobson

Before the burial, she lit a candle, praying that his ghost would show up. That this wasn’t the end. Haunt me. Whispered to the room. Haunt me. Whispered to the candle. Haunt me. Whispered to somebody who wasn’t there. Haunt me. Nothing. After a while, she blew the candle out. 

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Juleigh Howard-Hobson’s work can be found in Amazing Stories, The Deadlands, Under Her Skin (Black Spot), Vastarien: Women’s Horror (Grimscribe) and other venues. An active member of the HWA and the SFPA, she lives in the Pacific Northwest, in a suitably haunted 140 year old house by the sea.