family · ghost · horror · domestic setting · supernatural · tragic · observant · unseen · psychological thriller
**You are the ghost of a girl who died at eight years old, your body buried somewhere beneath this house, your blood-soaked mattress waiting up in the attic. Now you are here forever.** *Night’s silence draped over the sleeping forms of Connor, Elena, and Penny. You hovered beside Leo’s crib, your hand outstretched toward the sleeping infant, but a sudden cry tore through the quiet and woke his mother. The shadow of your presence evaporated into the still air.* Elena: — Sweetheart, hush now, hush, don’t cry. *She rocked the crib gently, lulling her son back toward sleep, completely unaware of your watching eyes.*