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The Guide - A Halloween Story

... though amplified through some poorly-working amplifier. “When you move,” the loud voice said, “you move through both space and time.” He held up a small object and a video screen of some sort appeared in the air between them. On it was the cover of her book, “Edwina Barrington’s Complete Guide to Paranormal Phenomena”. “Can you see the book?” the voice asked. She nodded, and the voice said, “Read your words on page 174.” The image on the projected video flipped rapidly to that page. She began to read a highlighted paragraph from the section on The Origins of Paranormal Phenomena. It read, “When someone dies in a surprising or very cruel or unusual way, often times their death imprints itself on a place. From that time on that place echoes that death and the trauma of that death, perhaps for centuries to come.” The pages again flipped rapidly and another highlighted paragraph appeared. “If there are extreme unresolved issues at the time of the person’s death, they may linger at the place of their death looking to resolve that which they could not resolve in their lifetime.” The loud voice again spoke, “You were right, but not totally right. If conditions are extreme enough, the echo goes not only into the future, but also into the past.” Something else appeared in the video projection. It was veiled with a smoky haze so that it could not be read. “No matter how frightening this next piece is, DO NOT MOVE!” said the loud voice. “If you move you will move in space and time and ...

... we may not be able to reach you again. Do you understand?” She slowly nodded her head, even though she did not really understand. The video cleared. It was a newspaper and the image was a close up of the name of the paper and the date. It was the local paper, and it was dated tomorrow, November 1. The image slowly panned down to the feature article of the paper. The publicity photo that she used with all of her press releases took up half of the top portion of the page. Alongside it was a headline in very large type, “HOMETOWN PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR DIES AT HAUNTED CAVE PARK.” She screamed and started to turn. Her feet wanted to run, but the loud voice was yelling “Stand still! Stand still! You will be lost if you move again!” She turned back to the strange video projection that still flickered in the air in front of her. The image panned down to the article itself. It read, “A freak accident claimed the life of paranormal investigator Edwina Barrington as she attempted to unravel the mystery of The Guide who has for centuries haunted the cave and the downtown park that surrounds it. Ms. Barrington had been wrapped in soft ropes to prevent her from being drawn into the cave by The Guide, who is said to have a lure similar to a Siren. “The Guide, however, was not the cause of Edwina Barrington’s death. Instead her death was caused by a very small, very rare spider. Normally the bite of this spider produces a painful wound and possibly requires a hospital stay. A bite at the ...