Hello. My name is Josephine Vanguard. Oh, you’ve heard of me? Please… you can’t believe everything you hear, or everything you read, or even—now that AI is making videos—everything you see.
ANYWAY, to escape the scandal and to finish an important project, I decided to house-sit an older home in a place where no one knows my name. I was so looking forward to the solitude and the privacy. But when I arrived, this city girl got more than I bargained for—sketchy utilities, chickens to feed… oh, and did I mention a graveyard to tend to?
A spooky graveyard with a storied past and a steady stream of quirky visitors—including one exasperating man in particular—to interrupt my concentration. And there's one grave in the old cemetery that no one's willing to talk about...
This isn't what I signed up for.
With all the commotion, I don’t know how I’m going to finish this project hanging over my head, the one that’s meant to repair my reputation. If things don’t work out and I have to change my name, I guess you can call me GRAVEYARD GIRL.
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“What kind of redneck witchcraft village did you move to?” Frida demanded. “This is next-level scary stuff. You can’t see me, but I’m crossing myself.”
“I didn’t know you were Catholic.”
“Girl, when it comes to the supernatural, everyone’s Catholic. When people’s heads start spinning around, even Evangelical Christians and Orthodox Jews start dialing the damn Pope begging for an exorcist.”
I scoffed. “It’s all just a bunch of folk tales and made-up stuff to drum up tourist business.”
“I thought you said people had died.”
“They have, but at the hands of plain old humans, or by their own hand.”
“So how do you explain your electricity going off?”
“Power surge?”
“What about the Satanic goat?”
I frowned. “Okay, he does seem possessed. I can’t believe I have to start my book over— again.”
“Have you told the bookstore guy that his manuscript is now goat poop?”
“Not yet. I really need for this booksigning event to go well to get Bruce off my back until I can get the book written.”
Frida heaved a sigh. “Girl. Your life. How’s the hot graveyard guy?”
“Out of town. Which is fine. I’m too busy for… heat.”
“A fling is exactly what you need.”
“We’re a long way from fling territory. He might not be interested.”
“The man has a pulse. He’s interested.”
“I might not be interested.”
“You already have an exit plan—you’re leaving in a few months. You couldn’t write a more perfect situation.”
She had a point.
“I have a point,” Frida said. “Just say you’ll think about it.”
“I’ll think about thinking about it.” ~
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