Same Costume Part 4 of 4  A 4-minute read.     She took her hand off the lock.     She walked back down the hall at a normal speed, because the shape at the window could see her. She picked her keys up off the hook and her phone off the chair arm.     “We’re going […]

Same Costume Part 3 of 4  A 4-minute read.     Two ghosts on the porch. She brought one home. At 8:06 something walked the upstairs hall while her kid sat downstairs eating Smarties.     She did not go up.     Every part of her body wanted to. That is what the stairs are for. That […]

Same Costume — Part 2 of 4A 4-minute read. Two ghosts on a porch on Fenner Street. Same pillowcase, same height. One of them knew Dana’s name. She took the one that wasn’t wearing the bracelet, because a bracelet is a thing anybody can slide off a wrist, and she wanted the kid, not the […]