A-Z Challenge 2013:
The Paranormal Case Files of Indigo Eady
Hey bloggers! I’m Indigo Eady and I play the leading role in
Givin’ Up The Ghost, A Guilty Ghost Surprised and Second
Death, written by Gwen Gardner. I've had some pretty interesting
paranormal experiences, to say the least. I mean, just look at those titles!
So I’ve
been asked by Gwen to host and share some of my paranormal case files for the
A-Z Challenge.
I’m
always happy to help Gwen out. Right now I’m trying to get on her good side so
she’ll ease up on the clumsy angle of my character. And maybe she’ll even give
me a little more confidence, especially around boys. Oh, and I’d totally love
it if she made my bubble butt just a little bit smaller. So—you know—if you
enjoy my case files, maybe you could put in a good word for me…
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F is for Freakin' Frankenstein.
We all know who Frankenstein is, right? He’s the dude made
up of different body parts and brought to life during an electrical storm by a
mad scientist. He was kind of scary back in the day, but not so much anymore,
what with all the scary monsters we have now. You know, monsters like demons
and zombies are way scarier than Frankenstein’s monster.
At least, that’s what I thought until Franny allowed my
little cousin Bryan to watch Frankenstein on television. As you know, Franny is
a ghost and former madam who lives at my house. Bryan is Simon’s little brother
who died in a hit and run accident along with his mother. In the
book, A Guilty Ghost Surprised (not yet released), Bryan has crossed over to
heaven but returns for some reason. So that prompts us to launch a murder
investigation. We figured if we found the hit and run driver then we could
figure out why Bryan returned and send him back.
In the meantime, Bryan is hanging around the house all day
watching television with Franny. I’m afraid Bryan has opened a whole new world
for Franny by introducing her to television. They even fight over the remote control. Bryan wants to watch
cartoons and Franny watches the soaps.
Muted television sounds came from downstairs, but I
tried to ignore it. I was just drifting off when a commotion coming from
Simon’s room interrupted me. A muffled yell, then footsteps running down the
hall, and then my door flung open.
I abruptly sat up, my heart racing.
Simon ran in with Bryan shooting around him into my
bed and Fanny floating through him in her haste to get inside my room.
“What the
bloody hell is going on?” Simon yelled in a stage whisper, shivering.
“Bryan, it’s okay, child…” Fanny soothed Bryan while
Simon continued to babble.
“I was sleeping and then something yanked the covers
off and then the flippin’ bed turned ice cold and I felt something, I don’t
know what, climb into bed with me…”
He was totally freaked out.
“It’s okay,” I said. “It’s only Bryan.” Bryan dove into my bed and curled against my side like a giant cold foot. I shivered
and pulled the blanket up to my chin.
“What happened?” I asked Fanny while Simon stood
uncomprehending and Bryan clung to my arm.
“We were only watching television, dear, and Bryan
screamed and flew up here, as if terrified for his life…”
I sighed. “What were you watching?”
“Frankensomething.”
“Frankenstein?” I was exasperated. “Fanny, you can’t
let a three-year-old watch scary movies, especially not in the middle of the
night.”
“They were watching Frankenstein?” asked Simon,
incredulous.
“He was a perfectly lovely creature, dear. Not scary
at all, really.”
“Maybe not to you, but you’re used to scary, er, different creatures,” I said.
“They were watching Frankenstein?” Simon repeated.
Fanny looked at Bryan. “I am sorry, child, I didn’t
know.” She float-paced, grief stricken. “It’s been ever so long since I’ve been
around children. Not since I was a child myself, and that was a hundred and
twenty-five years ago.”
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Do you have any scary movie stories?
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