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    The Haunting of Sally Judd
    The Haunting of Sally Judd
    The Haunting of Sally Judd
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    The Haunting of Sally Judd

    By Violetta Antcliff

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    It doesn’t take Sally Judd long to find out why the house she bought was five thousand pounds cheaper than any other house in the Terrace.

    Number 6 Agnes Streer is haunted, nobody stays there for long; at the very first signs of ghostly goings on, they up and leave.

    If anyone had told Sally this beforehand she would never have bought the place. But now she has, she has no option but to stick it out, she cnn’t afford to sell at a loss.

    A chance meeting with a man in a cemetery one day changes her life and way of thinking in more ways than one.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC
    Release dateMay 21, 2018
    ISBN9781619503267
    The Haunting of Sally Judd
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    Violetta Antcliff

    Violetta Antcliff has been a member of the Nottingham Writers' Club for over twenty years. A winner of numerous short story competitions, her work was area short listed in Waterstone's Wow Factor story competition. Took first prize in Nottingham County Council short story competition with a story called "Irish Mouse Tales," which was published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing as an eBook in July of 2012. She has had her poetry and short stories read on local radio. Violetta is a prolific writer of short fiction, having written and published more than 40 short stories with Gypsy Shadow.

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      The Haunting of Sally Judd - Violetta Antcliff

      Contents

      Copyright Page

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      About the Author

      The Haunting of Sally Judd

      by

      Violetta Antcliff

      All rights reserved

      Copyright © May 11, 2018, Violetta Antcliff

      Cover Art Copyright © 2018, Charlotte Holley

      Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.

      Lockhart, TX

      www.gypsyshadow.com

      Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author or the publisher.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or shared by any electronic or mechanical means, including but not limited to printing, file sharing, and email, without prior written permission from Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.

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      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ISBN: 978-1-61950-326-7

      Published in the United States of America

      First eBook Edition: May 21, 2018

      Chapter One

      A walk though the graveyard was something Sally did most days on her way home from work. It was a shortcut, and she enjoyed the solitude after a hectic day in the office.

      Peace and quiet, no ringing phones or tapping of keyboards, just bird song and tranquility.

      Sally Judd was a woman who joked with friends she’d never been made love to, never been kissed. Joked that she was happy with her lot, didn’t need a man. But in the small hours of the night when she tossed and turned on her single bed—that’s when she faced up to the truth; she was lonely—desperately lonely.

      She had been at the back of the queue when looks had been handed out. From an early age, her mother had told her not to worry as looks weren’t everything. As much as she’d have liked to believe this, it was no help. She was a no looker, and that’s all there was to it.

      Her parents had split up and gone their separate ways three years previous.

      Her father now had a new wife who was not much older than she was, and her mother had moved to Spain to be with her latest boyfriend.

      Not wanting to see their only child left homeless after the split, her parents had given her a share of the proceeds of the family home when it was sold. She’d used it as a deposit on a neat little end terrace in a secluded area of the city.

      It was a lovely evening and, in no hurry to get home to an empty house, Sally wandered aimlessly through the graveyard, stopping occasionally to read headstones. Most, if not all the graves, were well tended, decked with floral tributes

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