Copyright Jean L. Hays
The late Johnny White sulked. He barely had enough spirit to make the temperature dip.
“Hey, Boo!” Jessica said, sliding through the wall. “How’s the haunting?” She looked around the empty ruined house. “Oh.”
“You’re lucky,” Johnny said. “Your house gets lots of visitors. Nobody even knows I died.”
“My husband did brutally murder me,” she said sympathetically. “Look, if I ever manage to write in blood, I’ll say ‘Go down the road three miles. It’s super scary.’”
“You don’t think we could . . . co-haunt?”
Jessica looked skeptical. “That’s sweet, but I’ve only known you a few centuries. Maybe next millennium.”
The Green-Walled Tower 
May 8th, 2019 at 10:36 am
Poor Johnny. I don’t know why there is still such a stigma on co-haunting in this day and age….
May 15th, 2019 at 10:09 am
You just have to find the right ghostess, I guess.
May 8th, 2019 at 11:11 am
He’s got a lot of pent-up haunting just waiting to be released!
May 12th, 2019 at 5:13 am
LOve…pent up haunting.
May 15th, 2019 at 10:08 am
Haha, 🙂
May 8th, 2019 at 11:23 am
If only she’d known her husband better before she married him. Then again – lesson learned.
May 15th, 2019 at 10:08 am
True. That’s a mistake it’s hard to recover from.
May 8th, 2019 at 11:34 am
loved the whimsy of “co-haunt”
May 15th, 2019 at 10:07 am
Thanks!
May 8th, 2019 at 6:26 pm
Poor Johnny. Can’t even get a co-haunter these days … 😉
May 15th, 2019 at 10:07 am
It’s a tough afterlife, I tell you…
May 8th, 2019 at 10:39 pm
Hey, ghosts are (dead) people too!
May 15th, 2019 at 10:06 am
Exactly! 🙂
May 9th, 2019 at 5:13 am
There’s a romance brewing between them!
‘Retribution’, my short story.
May 9th, 2019 at 6:13 am
A spectress needs to be careful about the kind of company she keeps. Nicely done.
May 15th, 2019 at 10:06 am
Thanks, Sandra. 🙂
May 9th, 2019 at 8:47 am
What a shame. It seems he wasn’t respected in life and now not in death. Next someone will buy the property and tear down the house. Poor guy. Good and funny story, David. You feel sorry for him but still have to smile. That seems to be the story of his life. 😀 — Suzanne
May 15th, 2019 at 10:05 am
Thanks, Suzanne. I could see his memoir: The Story of My (After)Life. 🙂
May 9th, 2019 at 11:17 pm
This was wonderful…Poor Johnny. No one to scare and can’t get the girl…
May 12th, 2019 at 5:12 am
Johnny needs a few tips alright…:)
May 12th, 2019 at 8:47 am
That he does 😉
May 15th, 2019 at 10:04 am
Well, he’s got nothing but time. Hopefully things will look up in a few centuries. 🙂
May 10th, 2019 at 9:34 am
Dear David,
I totally enchanting and haunting tale. I hope Johnny will have some company soon. It’s no fun to go haunting alone. I enjoyed where this took you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
May 15th, 2019 at 10:03 am
Thanks, Rochelle. The more directions we go from the picture prompt, the more entertaining for all of us, right?
May 10th, 2019 at 1:17 pm
That’s hilarious. Co-haunt. Made me laugh out loud 🙂
May 15th, 2019 at 10:02 am
Thanks, Linda. I’m very glad you liked it.
May 11th, 2019 at 11:43 am
A creative take on the photo, very entertaining. Poor Johnny, who wants to haunt alone?
May 11th, 2019 at 12:56 pm
Poor lonely Johnny. Let’s hope he finds a co-hauntress soon! I really enjoyed your story.
May 15th, 2019 at 10:02 am
I’m sure there’s a section in Craigslist for co-hauntings, if only he could find a way to get online.
May 12th, 2019 at 5:11 am
Ghosts among us…yes, I totally am convinced I live with one who likes to hide things on me, watch me go nuts, just to put them back where I know I looked 20 times.
Love your Flash Fiction. It always makes me grin like an ear of corn. 🙂
May 15th, 2019 at 10:01 am
See, he hangs out with you since you keep him company. I think he’s adopted you and just moves things around so you know he’s there. At least, that’s how I like to imagine it.
May 15th, 2019 at 11:51 am
He’s pulled another one of his now you see it, now you don’t little tricks. Nuggy is missing, short for Nugget. He’s my mini Basset Hound I sleep with. Nuggy is nowhere to be found. It’s a mystery alright.
May 12th, 2019 at 5:12 am
PS Love the end…
Jessica looked skeptical. “That’s sweet, but I’ve only known you a few centuries. Maybe next millennium.”
May 12th, 2019 at 1:58 pm
To be a ghost where no one visits… so so sad. Ghosts are worth to have mansions.
May 13th, 2019 at 12:56 pm
LOL…loved this!
May 15th, 2019 at 9:59 am
Thanks, Dawn! 🙂
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