Ghostly Promise
By Linda Jordan
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Janie works at the liquor store to make ends meet. Too many mouths to feed with her dogs, cats and all the horses. She needs to make her ranch profitable.
The drought burns through her part of the country. She sold too many horses. Just to buy feed for the rest.
Her hope dwindles. And now a ghost shows up in her living room?
Let this story cast its irresistible spell over you.
Linda Jordan
Linda Jordan writes fascinating characters, visionary worlds, and imaginative fiction. She creates both long and short fiction, serious and silly. She believes in the power of healing and transformation, and many of her stories follow those themes.In a previous lifetime, Linda coordinated the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop as well as the Reading Series. She spent four years as Chair of the Board of Directors during Clarion West’s formative period. She’s also worked as a travel agent, a baker, and a pond plant/fish sales person, you know, the sort of things one does as a writer.Currently, she’s the Programming Director for the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest.Linda now lives in the rainy wilds of Washington state with her husband, daughter, four cats, a cluster of Koi and an infinite number of slugs and snails.
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Ghostly Promise - Linda Jordan
Ghostly Promise
Linda Jordan
Metamorphosis Press
Copyright © 2012 by Linda Jordan
Published by Metamorphosis Press
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Ghostly Promise
About the Author
Ghostly Promise
Janie drove her Ford F-150 down the dirt road. Even in the near dark she could see the cloud of dust billowing out behind her.
God, they needed rain. Dust seeped into the pickup cab covering everything and making her want to sneeze.
It had been a long day at the liquor store. Halloween was one of the worst. Everybody dressed up to party, employees and customers. She’d dressed as a witch. Went to the Goodwill and found a black skirt and hat. Pulled out her black shirt and her fanciest black cowboy boots and some black leggings. That was about as much effort as she was willing to put into a costume. And as much money.
She was working at the liquor store to make ends meet. The ranch wasn’t exactly a thriving proposition. Probably never would be. She’d had to sell off too many of the horses just to pay feed and farrier bills for those that remained. Which if there hadn’t been a drought for the last several years, she’d have enough pasture for most of them. And having a job didn’t give her much time to train the ones left to make them salable.
"Hey universe, you’re welcome to come up with some