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I see ghosts....... Except my ghosts aren’t just floating see-through apparitions. They aren’t drifting clouds of mist, or glowing balls of light. My ghosts are the soundless, walking zombies of the dearly departed. They are the rotting corpses of the dead. I am crazy........... I have... read more
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Summary edit
Lo sees the dead. For years she's wondered if what she sees is real or imaginary. Her life is riddled with death, first her fathers suicide, then a terrible car accident that claims the lives of her best friend and ex boyfriend. But when people she knows start going missing and wind up dead,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Lorelei Preston (aka Lo): Protagonist, mouthy, sarcastic, and sometimes cold. She sees rotting ghosts. She self medicates with alcohol (vodka) and no-names (men). Although nothing really works most of the time. Her oldest friend is the ghost of a young girl she calls Jillie. She has been friends with Jillie since childhood. Her life is peppered with loss, at a young age her mother leaves, and at only thirteen her father kills himself. When she is eighteen a car accident takes the life of her best living friend Scarlet, and her ex-boyfriend Caleb. On the same night she meets Duncan, a mysterious boy from a small town nearby that is full of strange rumors.
- Duncan Benandanti: After leaving California to get his brother away from a bad situation, Duncan returns to the mountain community of Pinecrest. For years he has wondered about the girl he met the night of the horrible accident. When he sees her he finds more than the scarred girl from that night, she has an ability that will rock the very foundation of the secret world he comes from.
Quotes edit
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“My ghosts aren’t floating see-through apparitions. They aren’t drifting clouds of mist, or glowing balls of light. My ghosts are the soundless walking zombies of the dearly departed. They are the rotting corpses of the dead. They are often juicy, with pieces dripping, and falling apart at the seams.When I’m bored, I imagine them dancing, as the tempo increases and their movements become more enthusiastic, their bodies slowly fall to pieces. They stumble and try to pick up their missing limbs, and the music keeps playing. They continue their ghoulish dance, hopping and tripping in perfect flow to the music.Ashley Jeffery. The Wild Hunt (Kindle Locations 110-114).”
Lorelei Preston (aka Lo) -
“I let myself fall into the hollow promise, into the lie that swam around me, circling like a hungry shark. What was the worst that could happen? I’d been living in a world full of walking nightmares for years. Didn’t I deserve this bright flawless dream, this perfect neon colored utopia?Ashley Jeffery. The Wild Hunt (Kindle Locations 419-421).”
Lorelei Preston (aka Lo) -
“The dead never leave us. I didn’t have to see rotting zombies to remind me of that. Every day I remembered them and mourned. An ache inside that was forever constant. All I had left of them were memories. I cherished everyone like they were diamonds. I didn’t want to forget them. I didn’t want to let go.Ashley Jeffery. The Wild Hunt (Kindle Locations 1546-1548).”
Lorelei Preston (aka Lo) -
“I felt like I was standing in front of him naked, his hands touching the scars that no one wanted to see. I wore tank tops sometimes just to get a reaction. People would look, but not ever see. They were afraid of the scars that someone gets from almost dying. No one wants to be that near death, and by looking at me, they felt a little too close to the edge.Ashley Jeffery. The Wild Hunt (Kindle Locations 1838-1840).”
Lorelei Preston (aka Lo) -
“He rubbed my shoulder and leaned down to rest his forehead against mine. Every part of my body screamed to reach out for him, but the rational part of me, was terrified. I breathed in his musky intoxicating scent and kept my eyes closed. His breath was near my face and it tickled my bottom lip. “Lo.” My name came out in a plea, but I kept still unable to fight the fear that outweighed my attraction. “I don’t know what you want Duncan, I’m no good with boys who have names.” I said.Ashley Jeffery. The Wild Hunt (Kindle Locations 2137-2141).”
Duncan Benandanti, Lorelei Preston (aka Lo) -
“He’s marked you, and more will come, before we sought you out because you were like fire on a cold night. We feel closer to being human; we remember what it was like to feel.”Ashley Jeffery. The Wild Hunt (Kindle Locations 2269-2270).”
Jillie the child ghost -
““It seems like every time I turn on the TV it’s just more death.Ashley Jeffery. The Wild Hunt (Kindle Location 2431).”
Lyle Schroeder -
“He reached out a hand and brushed my face. “You’re beautiful. I hate you a little right now.” “I know.”Ashley Jeffery. The Wild Hunt (Kindle Locations 2558-2560).”
Duncan Benandanti -
““And whose fault is that Lo, who keeps herself so cut off from other people she feels nothing. Who drowns her sorrows and pain in alcohol and nameless bastards so she continues to feel nothing? I let you know exactly how I feel about you, I want everything Lo, and I want you. I want it all.” He walked towards me and took my shoulders roughly in his hands. “This is what I want.” Before I could pull away, he brought his mouth harshly down on mine. My body exploded in a million different sensations. Hot waves of heat cascaded down my body from where his lips touched mine. A small ball of need started building in my stomach. He had his mouth pressed so hard to mine I thought my lips would bleed. My hands found their way under his shirt and onto his back. I dug my nails in pulling him tighter against me.”
Setting & Locations edit
Small Lake community in the mountains near Yosemite in California. A tourist summer spot, the residents that live there spend their summers swarmed by travelers and their winters isolated from the outside world. Like any small community their are prejudices, and different social classes. One side of the Lake is rich and full of the privileged few who own vacation homes. The other side is full of camp grounds and run down cabins and residents that live there throughout the year.
- Pinecrest/Oakhurst CA: Pinecrest is based on my own fictionalized version of Oakhurst.
Organizations edit
- The Agency: A government run program filled with supernatural beings. Othersiders in charge of policing their own.
- Concord: A small isolated town full of the descendants of mythological creatures and Othersiders.
Glossary edit
- Cwn Annwn: Pronounced...coon an-noon: The Hounds of the Otherside are shapeshifters that can take on many different forms, but most commonly a black hound that can release spirits to The Otherside.
- Malt y nos: Matilda of the Night. Is a Welsh drone that accompanied the hounds of the Otherside on their hunt for the souls of the dead. She can release spirits that are trapped by their earthly bodies because of tragic deaths, murder, horrific accident, suicide etc.
- Annwn: Pronounced an-noon. Is the Otherside, the world of the dead and 'other' immortal beings. Houses both heaven, hell, and purgatory. It is a dreamlike world that is made up of a mixture of human imagination, and magic, without the laws that the mortal world must abide by.
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