Ghost Station: A Ghost Mystery

By Lizzy Grimm and Lucy Grimm

It all started when the Wilcox family moved into an old home once used as Station house in the Underground Railroad. Hidden rooms are found. Lights flicker. A ghostly chill is in the air. Luci enjoyed reading mysteries, until she discovered their new home was haunted. This wasn’t just a story. It was real. Together with her family, they must solve it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Grimm's Imaginarium LLC
• Release date: Aug 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781540125958

Lizzy Grimm

Lucy Grimm is married and has one daughter. She enjoys writing children’s stories. Lizzy is proud to join her mother, Lucy, in writing stories. She spends her time writing, editing, illustrating, and marketing their books. The work that she and her mother have done on their first two collaborative works, Ghost Station and I See Ghosts, has brought her a great deal of enjoyment overall. She looks forward to more collaborative works with her mother in the future. 

Book preview

Dedication:

For our family and friends, who have patiently waited for this book.

New Home

D on’t they grow anything around here but corn? Luci asked.

After two grueling hours on interstate, the Wilcox family exited onto a two-lane rural route. Grandpa’s green 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 was not equipped with air-conditioning. A hot breeze blew through the open windows as they rumbled past cornfields.

Dad loved old country music, so they were listening to Johnny Cash on the radio.

Mama, I feel like a piece of rotisserie chicken, Luci said.

Mama sighed. Yes Luci, I know it’s hot. Stop complaining.

Luci rubbed her nose.

Why did we have to move anyway?

Mama placed a stray black hair back into her bun. They had left their home in Springclean, Iowa to move to Cavemen, Illinois.

I need to get out of this sardine can. Luci said. "I want to flop down somewhere cool and read my new mystery story, Sharon’s Ghost."

Dad sighed. Stop whining.

Out of sheer boredom, Luci cracked open her book and started to read the first chapter.

Luci, you’ll get car sick if you read. We’ll be there in fifteen minutes, Dad said.

Luci, don’t do this... Luci, don’t do that...

Luci sighed, shut the book and placed it in her lap. It’s going to be the longest fifteen minutes in history! What a lousy start to summer.

Luci, who was ten, sat beside her baby sister Lynne. Her younger brother Melvin, age eight, and her twelve-year-old big sister Sue were playing tic-tac-toe on a piece of notebook paper. Heidi, their cream-colored Lhasa Apso, lay on the car floor. The car slowed down and turned into a white gravel driveway lined with oak and walnut trees. Their new summer home was the Ole Lantern Farm House built in 1776.

Melvin nudged Luci with his elbow. Look, Luci! Big ripe tomatoes.

Big deal, she muttered.

When they drove past the white pillared front porch and empty dark windows, Luci propped her chin into her hands. The car rolled to a stop by the back door with its stone steps.

Luci looked at the house with trepidation. It looks dark and gloomy to me.

Everyone out, Dad said.

Mama shut the car door after the kids got out. The van with our furniture will be coming later today.

Melvin’s eyes were bright as he looked around. I’m going to go explore the yard.

Don’t go too far or be gone too long. Dad shouted after him.

Can we pick out our bedroom? Luci asked.

Yes, but you’ll have to share it with your sister, Mama said.

Yeah! I know.

Dad unlocked the door and they stepped into the kitchen. A musty smell hung in the air and dust covered the oak floors.

Luci glanced at Sue and then up the stairs.

Sue grabbed Luci’s hand. Come on, let’s go upstairs and pick out a bedroom.

Luci counted the steps while they climbed them to the top. She hesitated on the landing.

Thirteen steps.

Sue blinked. So?

Isn’t thirteen a bad number? Luci asked.

Sue shrugged. Gee whiz, it’s only steps.

Can’t we turn on the hall light?

Why? There’s plenty of light coming through the windows.

She snatched Luci’s hand and pulled her down the hall. They stopped in front of the first brown wood door. Luci reached up, turned the black metal knob and pushed the