While I, Willow, am a fictional woman from the late 1800's, my author, Karla, lived in Savannah for a number of years in her youth. She has never heard the weather there described so accurately: swampy bra. This story was not at all what we were expecting, and delightfully so. Thank you.
I always enjoy these stories where the hokey nature of ghost tours/seances is contrasted with what seems like a real spooky experience. Grounding details of place are great too!
That's a fun contrast between Wisconsin and Georgia. Things are different between them and yet the same in many ways.
I visited Savannah in the late 90s, and the book and movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" was in my mind at the time -- there were places in town referenced by both.
Thank you Nici! I went on a ghost tour like this and felt really dumb carrying rods around, and the guide had the audacity to ask a ghost whether it liked me. So I made her Cat Eyes lmao.
Wow, that’s lovely! I did have an idea to put together a collection of literary horror stories that would include this one. I have to write a bunch more though.
While I, Willow, am a fictional woman from the late 1800's, my author, Karla, lived in Savannah for a number of years in her youth. She has never heard the weather there described so accurately: swampy bra. This story was not at all what we were expecting, and delightfully so. Thank you.
What a lovely comment! Thank you for reading!
I always enjoy these stories where the hokey nature of ghost tours/seances is contrasted with what seems like a real spooky experience. Grounding details of place are great too!
That's a fun contrast between Wisconsin and Georgia. Things are different between them and yet the same in many ways.
I visited Savannah in the late 90s, and the book and movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" was in my mind at the time -- there were places in town referenced by both.
Yes! I bought a copy of that in Savannah haha. It’s a great book.
I loved this story. The joke was hilarious btw. Although I'm atheist, the possibility of ghosts still kinda freaks me out.
Thank you Nici! I went on a ghost tour like this and felt really dumb carrying rods around, and the guide had the audacity to ask a ghost whether it liked me. So I made her Cat Eyes lmao.
I really wish that you'd publish a book of all of your short stories. They've always been my favorite things to read.
It's so hard to make the reader care about the character in so few pages.
Wow, that’s lovely! I did have an idea to put together a collection of literary horror stories that would include this one. I have to write a bunch more though.
Not to pressure you, but please do write more.
More are forthcoming!
How did you not burst out laughing? 😆
I was more annoyed than anything.