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The Baroness (Chapter Twelve) Jul 28, 2022

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Chapter Twelve: "Just under a foot tall, the stone sculpture was washed in a sickly green shade like oxidized copper. The passage of time, of being submerged in seawater, or buried in the sand, of changing hands, had eroded the sharp points of the wings, snapped off small pieces of the many searching tentacles, softened the once precise definition of the sculptor, but just to be in its presence was humbling.”

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The Haunters and the Haunted.
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The Baroness (Chapter Eleven) Jul 21, 2022

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Chapter Eleven: "Oh, I’m just fooling about,” Donnie said. “Forgive me, I don’t want to take up much of your time, but alas, this needs to be said. Many of you have come to me or to one of my many underlings with wild accusations or totally misguided complaints. Seems many of you have fallen under some sort of mass hysteria. Like we, representatives of Celebration Vacations, are keeping something from you. Missing luggage or spouses. Inappropriate behavior. The list goes on and on. And honestly, it’s sounds like a bunch of whining to me. You are on vacation. Stop letting your imaginations run off into uncharted waters.”

The Baroness (Chapter Ten) Jul 06, 2022

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Chapter Ten: "In that moment, Chad realized how profoundly little he knew about his and his wife’s safety aboard the ship. How little most people probably knew. And on the converse, how much trust they were putting into complete strangers. They were in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, sealed within a gigantic metal coffin, with a cross section of humanity’s best, and worst, impossibly floating above god knows what lurked beneath the churning waves, and they didn’t even know how or who to call for help. ."

The Baroness (Chapter Nine) Apr 11, 2022

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Chapter Nine: "The State of Wisconsin, especially in brutal winter months, felt like living on the moon. Not known for its mountain ranges, the area which many of his friends from other parts of the US called “lower Canada,” was redundant, one blank, snow covered field after another. This isn’t to say that Wisconsin doesn’t have its fair share of beauty, but when Austin Holt chanced a look at the barren farms from his upstairs bedroom window in January or February, his seasonal depression and the monotonous landscape coalesced into the stomach dropping crush of being completely alone.

Now, on the Lido deck, standing at the starboard railing staring at the last wisps of the sun dipping into the sea, Austin felt the same sensation. On a cruise, where the entire experience was to encourage passengers to relax, to break free of routine and depression, this was not how he was supposed to feel."

The Baroness (Chapter Eight) Apr 04, 2022

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Chapter Eight: "During his many years of civilian medicine, especially in the emergency room, he saw the aftermath of car accidents and the slow devastation of long terminal illness. He’d seen the drunken naivety of trying to assert dominance over the explosive insistence of fireworks, and the sheer absurdity of what human beings choose to put in every one of their orifices, without a much needed plan of evacuation. Including his own, he’d been present for the birth of countless children. He’d seen both despair and untold grief as well as the joy of recovery in the same sterile waiting room.

But still, after all he’d been shown, Chad was thankful he could still be shocked. As he heard his wife urging him to get up from his half eaten omelet, he was frozen in a sort of horrified silence, in awe of the scene unfolding at the next table."

The Baroness (Chapter Seven) Mar 29, 2022

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Chapter Seven: "The Baroness had begun her journey.

They were underway.

Maybe it was this subtle rumble that woke her, pinioning from beam to girder, traveling up pipes and conduit, through kitchens and staterooms and supply closets, vibrating the bottles in the duty free liquor store and the poker chips languishing in their rounded wooden troughs. Or maybe it was the sound of the Baroness churning the water, its incredible tonnage beating down and stabbing through the waves.

It didn’t matter. Something had pulled Caroline Hooper from sleep. But she kept her eyes closed, as her first conscious thought was: where am I?"

The Baroness (Chapter Six) Mar 21, 2022

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Chapter Six: "After the rush died down, and most of the cordoned off tables had been populated, a woman came hurrying through the main entry doors, looking a bit flustered, and it took Greg only a second to register her face. The Librarian. He watched her walk up to the hostess and move her lips. The hostess looked down, then pointed vaguely in Greg’s direction. He quickly looked around, searching for openings at other tables, but they were all full. She was coming toward his table, Table Nine. Their weren’t nearly as many souls on this ship as there might normally be, but this was serendipitous. Had to be. Of all the assignments, he’d gotten the same table as her. The universe was looking out for him.
Maybe."

The Baroness (Chapter Five) Mar 14, 2022

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Chapter Five: "While Austin felt stuck, imprisoned by the secret conversation, yet his body was moving. Like muscle memory, or a subconscious need to flee, he was wriggling he of the tight space between plastic chair and the video game’s glass top. His joints clicked and popped, even from being seated for a short period of time, and Austin waited, listening for the whispers to continue on, unaware of his presence.

They did."

The Baroness (Chapter Four) Mar 07, 2022

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Chapter Four: "The idea of a curse is nothing new. The covered bridge or the condemned barn, doors falling from the hinges, on the outskirts of your home town. The patch of woods where, supposedly, a witches coven met their violent end, or group of teenage satanists practiced gruesome ceremonies they thought might bring them power, or knowledge. Now, nothing grows, and the animals stay far, far away. Do we find cursed places, or do they find us?"

The Baroness (Chapter Three) Feb 28, 2022

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Chapter Three: "This wasn’t the couple’s first cruise, and they were passed the point of being awed by the sheer enormity of the floating city, but the hallways on the stateroom floors were something Chad had never gotten used to. His door, number 220, was right about midship, and the corridor outside stretched on, it seemed, forever, in both directions."

Remember, there are two types of people in this world.
The Haunters and the Haunted.
Which one are you?

Follow me for updates!
@theghostmodernist
Theme song and music provided by Atrium Carceri and Cryo Chamber Music.
https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com

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