Musical Graves

By Derek A. Schneider

David was a lost and sad spirit, trapped in a graveyard with other ghosts who embraced their ethereal forms and made every night a party. As for David, though, he always had the feeling of something missing, as if his existence was incomplete somehow. That was until Sabrina showed up. freshly dead and fiercely beautiful, David finds himself enamored. Getting to know the new ghost chases away all of his hollow feelings and leaves him happier than he'd ever been, even in life. Before long though, a new threat appears to Sabrina and David must decide if he should fight or revert back to his sad, lost ways and let her go.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Derek A. Schneider
• Release date: Apr 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311038050

Derek A. Schneider

Derek A. Schneider is the creator of the eerie thriller The 9 Ghosts of Samen's Bane and the action packed Seasons Change Vampire Series which includes Avenging Autumn, The Wintermen and Moonlight Springs Eternal. He makes his home in Indianapolis, IN with his wife and five kids. Recent work includes the thriller, The Goat.

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SCHNEIDER/Musical Graves

Musical Graves

By

Derek A. Schneider

Copyright 2016, Derek A. Schneider

A graveyard is the setting for the opening chapter of this tale. An unassuming place to be sure, but one filled with the gloom that can only come from an October night that holds only a sliver of moon in its blackened sky. On a night like tonight, the chilly autumn wind blows through the hollows of the trees in and around the cemetery grounds. Some have been known to mistake the sound for the melancholy cries of ghosts that have been long dead and anchored to their final resting places. However, this is only half right. In truth the sound is that of the music these spirits have written themselves. Like a supernatural jam band that draws its inspiration from the weaving dives of the wicked wind.

The life of a ghost is a lonely one. Well, least ways, it was for David. The graveyard he resided in was full of lively spirits and they seemed to throw a party almost nightly. The kind of ethereal jamborees that included jokes, laughter and the aforementioned music played on insubstantial instruments.

Try as he might, David found it rather difficult to join in the festivities. Like many ghosts, he had unattended business to see to in the earth realm. The other spirits seemed to find it easy to look