Lady of the Rain
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About the Story: Patience is a spinster with an interest in Roman antiquities. However, being a woman in Victorian England, no man wishes to hear her theories on pagan goddesses and ancient lore—except for her uncle, an archaeologist returned from his most recent excavation. He brings with him an artistic masterpiece, a gift for Patience’s father, but as soon as the painting is carried into her family’s home, strange things begin to happen.
Where to Find This Story:
- Literary Yard (April 2019, first publication)
Life After Regret
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About the Story: Dain watches as his ladylove weds another. He wonders how he’ll go on with his life, as he’s certain he’ll never find another woman to equal his Estrilda.
Enoch is keen on winning a bet against his closest, and most annoying friend, Jeffrey. All he needs to do is enter a church rumored to be haunted.
Two men from different time periods connected by one place, Minsbridge Chapel, England, meet in this chilling tale.
Where to Find This Story:
- Periwinkle Literary Magazine (April 2020, first publication)
Our Dance
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About the Story: Lady Emmeline is a grief-stricken woman trapped in a loveless marriage. She knew passion once, long ago. Now, she suffers from the repercussions of her choices. When her childhood friend, Agatha, writes to her, her husband gives his consent for her to visit the home she hasn’t seen in years. There, she helps Agatha through the grief of her deceased brother, who happens to be her former lover. But he might not be as far away as Emmeline thinks, and he has a message for her to hear.
*Includes romantic elements
Where to Find This Story:
- The Scarlet Leaf Review (August 2018, first publication)
- The Magazine of History & Fiction (April 2019, republication)
Rose of the Sea
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About the Story: Set in a rural village in Victorian England, Kitty waits for her beloved, a poet and a dreamer, to return from London. He promised to return to her once he found success, but instead, she receives a letter about how distance has not made his love grow fonder. Kitty is crushed by his rejection, but an apparition, a woman in white, might guide her to the love and belonging she seeks…
*Includes romantic elements
Where to Find This Story:
- TWJ Magazine (April 2018 issue, first publication)
- Books ‘n Pieces Magazine (September 17, 2019, republication)
The Scent of Lavender
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About the Story: When a ghost appears at Thomas Haskett’s bedside, he believes it’s nothing more than an opium and alcohol-fueled nightmare—until he learns the next morning that his lover’s body was found beside the Drury Lane Theatre.
Where to Find This Story:
- Oklahoma Pagan Quarterly (Runner-Up in the 2019 Spooky Samhain Contest & published in the Spooky Samhain 2019 Edition of the magazine, first publication)
- Tales to Terrify podcast (Episode 441)
The Writer’s Glass Slipper
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About the Story: A grieving author with writer’s block rediscovers his creativity through a set of haunted spectacles.
Where to Find This Story:
- The Weird and Whatnot (April 2021)
When the Clock Stops
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About the Story: It starts with a tick—or when the clock ticks no more. Someone’s dead, a loved one close to you. But who can it be? You stare at the hands, no longer pivoting, frozen on the minute a soul left a body. But who’s soul? Who’s body? Only time—and Death—will unravel the answer, but if only you could count the seconds.
Where to Find This Story:
- Ariel Chart (November 2018, first publication)
- Academy of the Heart and Mind (December 1st, 2019, republished)
Kat Devitt 