Strange and Supernatural: Short Stories

Twelve tales about spirits from beyond the grave, strange encounters, and other supernatural phenomena.The Enlightenment of Claire Miller (Also published as a single short story)A solitary woman clings to the predictability of her days until a turn of events upends her life.Relative StrangerA stranger at the airport presses an anxious woman into conversation, leading to startling revelations.Spirit RadioA house maid solves a crime with the help of a radio whose looping song provides a clue to murder.The Sapphire RingThe wife of a plantation owner falls victim to an island doctor who covets her ring and goes to extremes to make it his.Another Woman’s Ghost (Also published as a single short story)A tolerant wife is faced with hard truths when her husband claims he’s being haunted by a ghost.The Sound of WingsA woman is helped by her daughter and a monarch butterfly to accept changes in her life.Till Death Do We PartSeparated from her fiancé who has gone West to prospect for gold, a woman receives a message that’s psychic in nature.Finder of Lost ThingsAfter a colleague steals her idea, a working woman proves she’s more than a typist with the help of a new friend.Beckoning Spirit (Also published as a single short story)A budding romance novelist is drawn to an island lighthouse, where she has an eerie encounter that connects her to a fisherman.Mountain IvyA mysterious young waif challenges an old mountain woman to remember something from her past that she’d long forgotten.Baker’s DozenA bakery owner’s encounter with the local witch teaches her a lesson in humility.Boss MonkeyA visit to a Balinese monkey forest has a woman rethinking marriage to her new husband.

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