House of Whispers: Supernatural Suspense with Scary & Horrifying Monsters (Mortlake Series Book 2) by David Longhorn & Scare Street

Author:David Longhorn & Scare Street [Longhorn, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sort2
Publisher: Scare Street
Published: 2021-04-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

There was no cold spot in the room as they heaved the old dining table into place and unfolded its wings. After some thought, Tara had torn pages from her notebook and marked them with letters of the alphabet, plus numbers zero to ten, and the ever-useful Yes and No. After distributing the pages in a rough circle, she upended a wineglass on the middle.

“Will this work?” Carl asked. “I mean, I’ve seen it in films and that, but I always thought, in real life, it was just somebody, you know, messing around. Pushing it.”

Tara explained that a spirit was supposed to take possession—to some extent—of one or more people and move the glass through slight changes in muscular tension. Helen York had not used this method as she contacted spirits directly. But, with no medium, they were forced to fall back on this method.

“Well, if it gets rid of the spook, I’m all for it, I guess,” Carl said.

Anita was clearly excited by the prospect of the séance. The history student had been doing very little hair flicking and eyelash fluttering, despite Carl’s presence. This suggested to Tara that her friend was task focused to an unusual degree for her. But she had also chosen to sit next to Carl in a darkened room. Tara shoved such uncharitable thoughts aside and tried to focus.

Tim stood by the curtains as the others took their places. Anita sat with her back to the window, with Tara to her left, then a place for Tim, and finally Carl to Anita’s right. Tara still had some reservations, but she kept them to herself. Tim switched on the main room light, turned the dimmer way down then closed the curtains before taking his seat. He put a small flashlight on the table, explaining that if the main light failed for some reason, he didn’t want to end up in pitch darkness.

“Amen to that,” added Carl.

“Okay,” Tara said, “you’ve seen the movies, but just in case, this is how we do it. First, everyone, put your finger on the glass. Then try to clear your mind of all extraneous thoughts. Just let your mind go blank.”

She had studied the methods of the early spiritualists and found they were fairly basic. Stripped of trickery, a séance was simply a call to the spirits of the dead to make themselves known. But first, there was some mental preparation.

“Take deep regular breaths,” she said. “Close your eyes if you like, try to relax. Empty your minds.”

“Easy for some of us,” joked Carl.

“Take it seriously, mate,” Tim murmured. “This is your job on the line.”

“Quiet, please, and relax,” Tara repeated. “Silence is golden.”

She closed her eyes and saw the usual flickering blurs of orange and green. She heard respiration. Someone was breathing heavily. She felt almost sure it was Tim and wondered if he was in more pain than he let on. Another distracting thought to suppress. She took a breath and spoke the familiar lines.

“Is the spirit

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