Ghost Story

by Jessica Treadway

Lila has one eventful summer. A surprise visit from her Aunt Valerie brings gifts and granted wishes. Although everything seems great, Lila can’t shake the feeling that she’s missing something. A life changing moment looms in the lines of this story. Treadway weaves a hypnotizing tail that leads the reader on a journey through the inner workings of a child witnessing life at it’s realest.
About the Author
Jessica Treadway is a native of Albany, New York, currently living in Boston. She received her bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Albany before working as a news and feature reporter for United Press International. After studying for her master’s degree in the creative writing program at Boston University, she held a fellowship at the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College and taught at Tufts University before joining the faculty at Emerson College, where she is a professor in the Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing.

14 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 29, 2017

About the author

Jessica Treadway is the author of four novels and three story collections, with a fourth, I FELT MY LIFE WITH BOTH MY HANDS, coming out in April 2026 from Cornerstone Press. Her collection PLEASE COME BACK TO ME received the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction; her novels are AND GIVE YOU PEACE; LACY EYE; HOW WILL I KNOW YOU? and THE GRETCHEN QUESTION. She teaches in MFA program at Emerson College in Boston.