Haunted Hashbrowns: Designer To The Dead

By Katie O'Keene

Lindsey's suprise trip to see her mother doesn't go as planned...

 

When Lindsey tries to surprise her mom with a last-minute visit, she runs into a ghost who needs her help. The problem? The girl's family is already wary of strangers and likely to call the police if she gets involved.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fair End Books
• Release date: May 28, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201971694

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Haunted Hashbrowns

Designer To The Dead

Katie O'Keene

Published by Fair End Books, 2021.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

HAUNTED HASHBROWNS

First edition. May 28, 2021.

Copyright © 2021 Katie O'Keene.

Written by Katie O'Keene.

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Title Page

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Dedication

Haunted Hashbrowns (Designer To The Dead)

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To my children, who should always stop by.

Lindsey was nervous. It’d been a long time since she’d seen her mother in person, but when she saw the last-minute airfare deal to San Diego, she had to jump on it. She couldn’t get that close to Pasadena and not stop to see Lillian in person. It would be an adventure! Still, her finger hovered over the call button.

What if her mom already had plans?

How would she explain being in California?

Wasn’t it kind of rude to just show up, unannounced?

Don’t be silly, she said to herself. She’s your mother. She’ll be happy to see you. But deep down, Lindsey wasn’t so sure.

Lillian Dell chose to move away from Sparrowford just as her daughter was moving home. Just when I needed her, Lindsey thought before shushing herself. It was never her job to re-raise an adult.

Some 40-year-olds moved home to their parents’ basements and never re-emerged. Lillian’s fast dash to the West Coast had prevented that from happening. Maybe it was just what Lindsey needed? The alternative—starting over in her hometown, building a thriving interior design business from the word go—had worked out well in her favor, even if there were some unwelcome surprises along the way.

Surprises... as in spirits. Even hanging around in the airport, she got impressions of apparitions here and there. In Sparrowford, it was so much worse. Lindsey couldn’t take a design job these days without running into a ghost.

Some were harmless, like the woman taking a pie out of the oven at Arnold Tull’s place. Others were heartbreaking, like the lonely children at the Hilton ranch. Then there were incidents like the Harrelson House, that made Lindsey want to pack her bags and never go back.

The thick yellow sweater that had suited the weather perfectly in Chicago hung off her in the California heat... or maybe it was anxiety making her sweat. Either way, she had to stop it if she wanted to look presentable. She wished she had a change of clothes in her bag alongside her ticket heading home just after midnight.

Terminal 2 of the San Diego airport was home to a