Trista has always loved abandoned houses and the paranormal. Now that she’s at college only fifteen minutes from the notoriously haunted Hollow Street house, she knows exactly where she’s spending Halloween. She packs a bag, puts on her favorite vintage dress, and sets off, hoping to spot the ghost of the young, dark-haired woman who’s said to haunt the house’s living room.<br><br>Fellow student Keira does not like abandoned houses, and she isn’t particularly interested in ghosts. Visiting the Hollow Street house was not how she’d planned to spend Halloween. But her little sister, who loves all things spooky, has begged Keira to check out the haunted house next to her university, and Keira has trouble saying no. She doesn’t expect to see anything supernatural, so it’s quite a shock to find herself face-to-face with a mysterious young woman in old-fashioned clothing who seems to have appeared from nowhere.<br><br>When the two ghost-hunters come face to face, each mistakes the other for the ghost she’s looking for. How tragic, they both think, that such a beautiful person should have died so young. Of course, things aren’t as bleak as they seem, and the two women might find themselves pleasantly surprised ... if they can make it to the morning. Because real entities haunt the Hollow Street house, and they’re anything but friendly.

Spirits in the Dark

It was quite dark, and beyond the garbage she couldn’t make out many specific details about the room. She wasn’t even sure what color the walls were. Her phone’s camera wasn’t great for night photography, but she could at least try to get a few photos by what was left of the light. Macie had said something about sound recordings to listen for ghost voices, but Keira wasn’t messing with any of that.


She took out her phone and pushed the power button to wake it up, but the screen stayed black. Keira tried again, with no more success. “Shit,” she muttered, trying to think what she could have done to kill the battery so quickly.


Chapter 6