Ghosts Stories

A story in the Beyond the Wall of Sleep Universe
Part of Gothic Horror Challenge
A Holocaust survivor is haunted by guilt. His great granddaughter is haunted, by something else!

Teenage hacker Abadai Hatem was facing a choice between several decades in Gitmo and taking the offer of a mysterious man from the USAF. Turned out Gitmo might have been safer: Thrust into a secret interstellar war between mankind and a race of psionic aliens, Abadai will forge unlikely friendships and make shocking enemies. When using psychic powers requires constant nudity, you have to become...the Naked Warrior.

A Halloween Story
I was ‘strange kid’, even from an early age… and more than a few odd things have happened over the years. Here are a few selected chosen ghost and paranormal stories suitable for Halloween that I thought needed to be passed along to others. Oh, and they all have the additional added benefit of being TRUE. No sex (Thank God) but the WTF code ought to be present.

The Stanos family became wealthy Greek shipping merchants in the early 19th century. Their ships sailed throughout the Mediterranean to numerous ports exporting Greek olive oils, cheeses and cotton. In return, their ships arrived full of exotic goods; amongst them were frankincense, myrrh and silk from the Arab world and beyond. The shipping empire was at its height when a random set of events beyond their control brought it crashing down, leaving only an aged grandfather.

Sari, apprentice to a powerful wizard, is a young woman who dreams of adventure and glory. When her first mission involves stealing a magical artifact and embroiling herself in a brewing war against the lord of the undead, she might have bitten off more than she can chew!

In the 22nd century, the solar system has been explored and colonized. The nations of Earth are trapped in a deadly game of colony and empire - a game overset when an FTL experiment on the Saturnian moon of Janus rips a portal between our solar system...and somewhere else. What lays on the far side of the portal shall change the future of human history. But will it spell the end for us all? Or the beginning of a new golden age? Only time will tell.

Ralph was warned about the apartment's history but it was just too good a deal to turn down. Anyway, he didn't believe in the supernatural. He was still in denial after a couple of very strange 'dreams' so when his older brother asked him if his daughter, Ralph's niece, could stay for a few nights, he didn't see why not.

Halloween 2017
Bambie hates Halloween, she had decided that this year she was going to hide in the outback of Australia. She even had the perfect excuse to go there, after all, it was work-related. She would even get to fulfil a dream, so what could go wrong? (Won 3rd-place 2017 Halloween comp.)

Caroline found herself in the land of the dead, where she was required to choose how to spend her time in the afterlife. The only problem was that she wasn't dead.