Whether or not ghosts exist is a big debate in my house. My daughter and I
firmly believe in ghosts, while my husband and one of my sons do not. My
youngest son, Logan, who is only six years old now, has no firm opinion yet, but
he is part of the reason I believe so strongly. Of course, I had
otherโฆencounters before these, but thatโs another story.
My younger brother, Chris, passed away when my son was only four months old.
Chris and I shared a love of reading, especially mysteries, and I often feel his
presence while Iโm writing. Chris always had the best hair, thick, full, and
loaded with natural highlights. And he always kept it long, at least past his
shoulders, even after he became an air traffic controller.
Late one nightโwe donโt keep normal hours in my houseโI was sitting on my bed
writing.
My youngest, who was about two at the time, was lying across the bottom of the
bed watching his iPad. He looked over, then past me, and frowned. โWhoโs that?โ
he asked.
I turned around but didnโt see anything. โWhoโs what?โ
โThat guy with the long hair?โ
I jumped and spun toward the direction he indicatedโbecause, you know, that
freaked me out a littleโbut I still didnโt see anything.
He just shrugged and went back to watching his show as if nothing unusual had
happened.
I continued writing, a little spooked but kind of comforted too. Iโd always felt
Chrisโs presence, but Logan kind of confirmed it.
Four generations of my family lived in the same small town, and most of those
who have passed on are buried in the local cemetery, so Logan and I often walk
through the cemetery, and Logan collects rocks and sticks to leave on the
headstones.
One day, while we were walking through the cemetery, alone, he pointed toward a
small, closed, locked storage shed in the middle of the cemetery, not far from
my mother-in-lawโs grave. โI want to go in there,โ he said.
โIn where?โ I asked.
โIn that house where the lady just went.โ
Iโm not gonna lie. We left, then. Quickly. Because believing in ghosts in an
odd, detached sort of way is one thing, but I can assure you, having your
two-year-old point out a woman entering a locked building in a completely
deserted cemetery is something else entirely.
While writing Cassโs story, I tried to keep that debate in mind. Cass sort of
believes in ghosts, but she doesnโt believe she actually talks to them. She
thinks she uses years of psychiatric training and her uncanny ability to
interpret peopleโs feelings to form a logical opinion and turn it into a
โreading.โ Of course, her customers think otherwise.
Her friend, Stephanie, believes completely.
Bee is another story. He swears he doesnโt believe in any of that mumbo-jumbo,
but he really goes out of his way to avoid anything otherworldly. So, is he a
true non-believer, or is he terrified ghosts might actually be real? Iโll leave
it up to you to figure it out.
So, what do you think? Do you believe in ghosts? Leave me a comment and let me
know what you think and if youโve had any experiences that contributed to your
opinion.
Lena lives in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island with her
husband and three children.
When she was growing up, she spent many lazy
afternoons on the beach, in the yard, anywhere she could find to curl up with a
good book. She loves reading as much now as she did then, but she now enjoys the
added pleasure of creating her own stories.
A Bay Island
Psychic Mystery #2
A murder mystery weekend becomes a little too real in the latest Bay
Island Psychic Mystery from the author of Occult and Batteryโ
Cass Donovan uses her skills as a former psychiatrist to get away with
pretending to be psychic, but sheโs not about to let anyone get away with
murder...
The outlook is not so good for Cassโs psychic shop, Mystical Musings. With
winter winds discouraging tourists from riding the ferry from Long Island to Bay
Island, Cass hopes to draw in more customers by hosting a murder mystery
weekend, complete with a sรฉance, in a supposedly haunted mansion.
But Cass begins to lose her spirit when her ex-husband shows up, along with
his fiancรฉeโCassโs ex-best friend. Then, after one of the guests is found dead,
a blizzard blows in, trapping everyone inside with a murderer. Now Cass must
divine who did the deed before her reputation and her livelihood fade away.
Mystery Cozy [Berkley Prime Crime, On Sale: April 4, 2017, Mass Market
Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780425282762 / eISBN: 9780698406476]
Thank you so much for having me and for sharing the release of Occult and Battery!
(Lena Gregory 6:42pm April 10, 2017)
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