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PseudoPod => Episode Comments => Topic started by: Bdoomed on April 25, 2022, 01:55:32 PM
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PseudoPod 807: The Bleak Communion of Abandoned Things (https://pseudopod.org/2022/04/22/pseudopod-807-the-bleak-communion-of-abandoned-things/)
Author: M. A. Blanchard (https://pseudopod.org/people/m-a-blanchard/)
Narrator: Kitty Sarkozy (https://pseudopod.org/people/kitty-sarkozy/)
Host: Premee Mohamed (https://pseudopod.org/people/premee-mohamed/)
Audio Producer: Marty Perrett (https://pseudopod.org/people/marty-perrett/)
PseudoPod 807: The Bleak Communion of Abandoned Things is a PseudoPod original.
I accept the house in lieu of a settlement. I don’t want Ashley’s dirty money. The house is the least ill-gotten thing she owns, an isolated property she won in a card game and forgot. We’ve never even been there. I’m hoping that the lack of shared memories will make it a perfect place to hole up while I try to get over her and get on with my life. I’m comforted by the fact that the house is supposed to be haunted. I don’t think I’m quite ready to be alone.
The ghost doesn’t waste time playing coy. The air temperature drops as I cross the threshold. It’s the kind of April morning that makes sweaters feel stifling, but my breath hangs in the musty hallway like a cloud of damp cotton wool. The door slams shut behind me. It’s fine. I’m used to slammed doors. Keeping calm is the best way to handle fits of pique. I shape my face into a mask of serenity, relax my shoulders, amble further inside.
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