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1- My Ghost Ate My Homework- A young teacher recounts the most unique excuse she's ever heard given by a student as to why her homework was not turned in. However, when she visits the little girl's house to talk to her mother, she sees that it was no excuse at all.
2- Prowler in the Manhole- A middle aged man is haunted by a recurring nightmare of seeing a dead man on spears in a deep manhole behind the barn of his childhood home. It is only when his grandfather passes away, and he receives a note from his deceased grandfather, that the man understands that it was no dream at all, rather, images of something sinister he'd witnessed as a young child and repressed for years.
3 - Bindy the Barber Slayer- This is the story of a mysterious young lady who visits all of the barbers of a small Pennsylvania town over the course of one year, and of how all of those barbers end up dead shortly thereafter.
4- Fire on the Mountain- In 1991, there was a record number of forest fires in the mountains of West Virginia. To this day, many believe there were unknown arsonists going around setting the state ablaze. However, two boys who were out in the woods during the start of one of the fires saw something completely different than an irresponsible human. A downed ship of unknown origins with a self destruct mechanism, according to the boys, was to blame for at least one of the fires.
Sarah Long worked in publishing before giving it all up to move to Paris with her husband and three children. She is the author of And What Do You Do? and The Next Best Thing. Following several years of the Parisian experience, she now lives in London.