We asked the contributors of Revenants, The Ghost Issue to share their closest encounters with ghosts, the spookiest stories of their hometowns, and the most haunted places they’ve ever been. We intended to just share their answers on social media, but they were too good—too chilling—to simply excerpt. So gather round the digital campfire as these incredible writers place flashlight to chin and regale us with their ghost stories!
THE MIRROR OF SIMPLE SOULS
I do not like old water.
The water in the ocean is old
The lake is old
But maybe it’s not
Subject to the logic of time, of old and new.
Water.