Spectral Tales: A Ghost Story Anthology by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-09T05:00:00+00:00

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The next morning, White Rabbit rolled out of bed, sleepy but satisfied. She had stayed up far too late reading a modern translation of an old text from the nineteenth century, but she hardly even thought about it as she rushed to get ready. Today was a red-wire day. That meant they were live and any screw-ups could cost time, money, and possibly lives.

Her sister, Ann, waved at her as she went out the door. “Say hello to Logger for me!” she called.

White Rabbit scowled at her. Ann knew that White Rabbit hated Logger, but for the love of the fleet, couldn’t understand why. “He’s so charming!” she had said one day. “And handsome! You should feel lucky that he’s interested in a shy thing like you! You silly girl.”

White Rabbit had stormed into her room and refused to talk to Ann about it after that. What was the point, after all? Everyone loved Logger. Except her.

She stood in a line with the other ten cable runners, her white uniform starched to perfection. Mac, their boss, was giving them a lecture on speed, safety, and accuracy.

“Daph!” he called.

“Sir!” Daph yelled back.

"What's the number one rule?"

"The number one rule, sir: DON'T TOUCH THE WIRES."

"GOT THAT EVERYBODY?" Mac was shouting now. "WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME SOMEBODY TOUCHED A WIRE?"

"PADDY GOT SICCED!" everyone shouted in unison. "PADDY GOT SICCED."

White Rabbit always whispered instead of shouted. She was afraid that if she shouted at that wrong time, everyone would hear her and notice her. Particularly when they were shouting about Paddy. Paddy was a wire runner who got fried when he put his hand across an entire strip of hot wires. There was no consensus about whether or not it was suicide, sabotage, or an accident, but all three were viable options.

"Now go!" Mac shouted, and the wire runners took off into their respective directions. "Except you." He turned and pointed at White Rabbit. She froze, one foot in the air.

As soon as the room had cleared out, he crossed his arms and frowned at her. "I have been getting complaints about you being rude to some of the plumbers—one in particular. Logger. Know him?"

A terrified look crossed her face.

"Yeah, I thought so."

White Rabbit gulped. How was she supposed to say that it wasn't her being rude, but him? It wasn't her fault! He was the creep! He was the one that always followed her around and tried to get her to talk to him. It wasn't fair.

"I…" she tried to say, but Mac talked right over her.

"Logger is a very respectable plumber and highly regarded across all departments, though it shouldn’t matter—you shouldn’t be treating anyone that way! Do you understand me? Now, because I can't have you causing problems with other departments, I'm taking you off the red wires. Daphne will take your place. Instead you will be striking ghost lines."

"Ghost lines?" she whispered. She didn't think those were real.

"Yes, they're real," Mac said, sighing in exasperation. "I'll show you where to get started.

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