Quotes by Hunter Shea

As she walked to the stairway, he pulled her back with a light tug on her shoulder. Theyre responding to you now. Turning to face him, she said, Responding to me? What did I say? The hallway was full of them. When you said we were going downstairs to eat, they started filing down the stairs. They all took the stairs? Eddie nodded, his shining, gifted eyes watching the ghostly procession. He said, They dont want to be far from you, Jess. And Im not entire sure its well intentioned. Come to use, the voices whispered.

Buried and burned. Never find them. Never. Buried and buried.

Its this place. Whatever darkness came to the island, its here to stay. Stick around long enough and it gets inside your skin, into your cells, like an infection.

Jessicas hand flew to her mouth. If she had any doubt, the next entry settled it. She read on, cool beads of sweat trickling down the back of her neck, hardly daring to breathe as the black heart of Ormsby Island came closer and closer into focus.

The stinging slap against her cheek whipped her head sideways. Her hand reflexively went to her burning face. I told you no, Tobe said, barely above a whisper. Daphne had no words. Hed never so much as hinted at touching her in anger before. She now understood what stunned speechless meant.

I have a new nickname for Dottie. Shes now the Crazy Whisperer.

It was one thing to talk about ghosts, quite another to have them messing around with things in the physical world.

Theres so many kids, he said low enough so only Jessica could hear. Were going to walk right into them in two more steps. If it gave Jessica pause, he didnt sense it. Instead she seemed to pull him faster. A frigid hand closed around his heart, freezing the ebb and flow of his blood. Eddie gasped, overcome with the chill of a thousand deep, dark graves.

This was a part he didnt like. It made him feel like a jailer, or a kidnapper. Another sin, another string of Hail Marys, he said, sitting on the edge of the bed. So much was riding on this. It could all blow up in their faces. If he was still a betting man, thats where hed lay his money. Too many moving parts that werent in line with one another. Praying wasnt an option. God didnt have time for deceivers.

She fished a gum wrapper and pen from her bag and wrote down her number. Id like to stay friends with you and Jason. Thats my cell number. You can call me any time you want, except at two-thirty-six in the morning. Alice cocked her head. How come I cant call you at two-thirty-six/ I need that minute to sleep, Jessica said, smiling.

Which grave are we in? she said. The oldest. She felt Eddies puzzlement. That cant be possible. He looks like he was just buried. There must be something at work in the chemistry of the island thats preserving his body. Its like the incorruptibles, bodies that werent preserved in any special way that dont decay. Catholic saints like Bernadette and Padre Pio are said not to have decomposed even though they died a long, long time ago. Environmental factors can cause a kind of mummification. Jessica said, or thought, This is bizarre. Im getting a lesson on mummification while in the coffin of a dead man.

You told us this place was haunted. How haunted is it?Paul cast a quick glance at the house. Im not sure. When they found the bodies twenty years ago, the place became off-limits. That was horror enough. There were whispers of strange stuff going on before then, but no one is alive who could verify a thing. Somehow, an urban legend grew about the whole island. Dont go near haunted Ormsby Island. They say a reporter went out alone one night just after the mass murder had been discovered and never came back. Since anyone who had committed the murders was either dead or gone at that point, it had to be the island itself that offed the reporter. Mitch, Ormsby Island isnt even on most maps of Charleston Harbor. Locals will turn away the moment you even say its name.

Yeah, I get it. Ill be cool as a well diggers ass. He jumped when the front door slammed shut, the harsh bang echoing around the trees. Mitch shook his head. That well digger must be working in a hot spring.

Before they knew it, Ormsby Island would become a paranormal attraction like Waverly Hills or Houghton Mansion or the Whaley House. The place would be crawling with people anxious to catch a ghost on camera or audio.

Does it have a bed? Liz asked doing her best to prop him up.A couple of old army cots that probably have more mildew than a politician has bullshit.

Galton was a world renowned anthropologist back in the nineteenth century, though he was a big overshadowed by his cousin, Charles Darwin.

She cursed under her breath. Eddie watched the EBs react, the younger ones recoiling with silent gasps. Better watch your language. There are children present. I think youre freaking them out. Sure, Im the one freaking them out.

Eddie made a half-turn in his seat to face her. So, what did you think of our hosts? She chuckled. I think they could be not-too-distant cousins of the Addams Family. With Paul as a fuzzy Uncle Fester, Eddie laughed.

The air in the room was so cold, the exposed flesh of his face felt like ice. Ill be the first person to get frostbite in a house sleeping several feet from a roaring fire.

Getting out of tight jams was his specialty.