Hungry Is The Hollow – KE Ganshert

The twins point and shout, “Found you!” “Honey,” Mrs. Calloway calls into the basement. “Could you reset the breaker? The power’s out in the kitchen.” “What’s that?” comes his reply. “The power is out in the kitchen. I need you to reset the breaker.” “On it!” he hollers. Twig and I stay where we are, across the table from one another, a cold feeling creeping up my neck. The lights go out in the dining room. The music stops. “Shoot! Sorry about that,” comes Mr. Calloway’s voice from below.

The light quickly returns. The power in the kitchen, too. Mrs. Calloway cheers. The twins join her. The radio, however, warbles with static. Mrs. Calloway sweeps into the dining room to fiddle with one of the knobs. “Now why is this misbehaving?” “Maybe because it’s from the ice age?” Kate suggests. A burst of static explodes from the speaker. The twins clap their hands over their ears. Someone whispers my names. I grab the back of a chair.

It’s Rafe—his voice cutting through the static which cuts through the Christmas jingle, barely loud enough to decipher. “Get… me…” Kate unplugs the radio. “No!” I yell, taking a lurching step toward her. Everyone stares at me. I clear my throat and laugh sheepishly, heat pooling in my ears. “Sorry. I, uh, really like that song.” Kate plugs the radio back in. The song I really like returns, as clear as crystal. She looks at me the same way she’s been looking at me ever since Twig and I tried telling her the truth the day after Ivy’s vigil.

“Thanks,” I say. “For fixing it.” Then, with a tight smile, I excuse myself to the bathroom. “Rafe?” I whisper, gripping the sink. “Are you here?” That cold feeling on the back of my neck returns. But the lights hold steady. I don’t know if he’s here. I don’t know how this works. I just know I’m tired of this impasse. Something has to give. I narrow my eyes and stare hard into the mirror.

“Midnight at St. Fortuna’s,” I tell myself, and maybe him, too. “I’m going to open a rift. If you’re trapped and you want out, then you better be there.” If this works, I just hope he’s grateful enough to help me in return. OceanofPDF.com e return to the estate with full bellies and three plates of leftovers. “One is for Jude,” Mrs. Calloway had said. As if she knew exactly how he was spending today.

A Porsche is parked along the circular drive, which means he’s still stuck with his stepmother and the Everlys.

This novel is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons, either living or deceased, is purely coincidental. Names, places, and characters are figments of the author’s imagination. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. OceanofPDF.com For Gus Gus, our four-legged space heater and the sweetest of boys.

We’ll miss you forever, bubby. OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS A Foggy Hollow Nursery Rhyme 1. The Seed 2. The Return 3. Slammed Shut 4. Everyone’s Lying 5. Trapped Teens 6. The Overlay 7. Misremembered 8. A Plane to Catch 9. Lainey isn’t Lainey 10. Night of the Howl 11. A Body in the River 12. Leaving Again 13. By Candlelight 14. Into the Deep End 15. Now’s Not the Time 16. A New Leaf 17. She Came Back for Me 18. Nobody is Safe 19. DEFCON Five 20. Failed Descent 21.

Claws & Tendrils 22. It Feeds and It Feeds 23. The Skeleton Key 24. A Close Call 25. A Familiar Artist 26. Questions on Top of Questions 27. Rafe Redux 28. On Vandenberg Property 29. A Reckless Plan 30. Lacerated 31. I Won’t Be the One 32. An Unlikely Alliance 33. Into the Crypt 34. Flying Shadows 35.

Not Enough Sheep 36. A Crackle of Ice 37. The Anti Hero 38. Two More 39. In the Spotlight 40. A Second Sketchpad 41. Cassette Tapes 42. Christmas Eve 43. Assigned Seating 44. Star Gazing 45. Connect the Dots 46. An Uncanny Encounter 47. A Funhouse of Mirrors 48. Into the Woods 49. The Final Piece 50. Hatching a Plan 51. Jude’s Promise 52. A Midnight Snack 53. Closed In 54. The Twelfth Hour 55. A World Buckling 56. Quite the Night 57. Aftermath 58.

The Question Mark 59. Fairytale Endings About the Author The Eden Pruitt Series The Gifting Series The Contest OceanofPDF.com “What’s past is prologue.” ~ William Shakespeare, The Tempest OceanofPDF.com A FOGGY HOLLOW NURSERY RHYME Black bread black bread Be so bold There once was a man Who wanted to make gold His lady got the plague She pined away in bed He sought to make her well But ate her soul instead Now he’s haint and hungry Hunting for his food So finish up your supper Or he’ll make a feast of you If you hear his hounds a howlin’ In the dark and cold of night Don’t forget the black bread And close your eyes up tight OceanofPDF.com I 1 THE SEED thought the story was over.

We vanquished a fallen angel. We bested a wicked immortal. We broke a centuries-old curse, and in so doing, the strange world that exists on the other side of ours kicked us out and slammed the doors shut. Except, here’s a door now.

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