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Safer at Home
A Ghost Story
2020
First Published
3.56
Average Rating
48
Number of Pages
Quarantined in a haunted house…​ March 2020. With the world in the grip of a deadly pandemic, Ben is locked down in his brand-new house, with nothing to keep him company but his chessboard and the boxes he still hasn’t unpacked. Or so he thinks. But he’s not alone. Before this was Ben’s house, it was hers. And the dark spirit will do whatever it takes to keep him inside. If he doesn’t find a way out, Ben will stay locked down… forever. But which is more dangerous? The ghost in the house… or the virus outside? This short story is 14,000 words long, or approximately 40 pages. It is a companion story to Second Wave. These stories stand alone and can be read in any order.
Avg Rating
3.56
Number of Ratings
91
5 STARS
21%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
29%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
8%
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Zoe Cannon
Zoe Cannon
Author · 9 books

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