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Ashes of the Soul Keeper
By: Edward J. JansenOngoing
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Black Hollow is a town built on secrets, where the past lingers like smoke and whispers of the dead weave through the wind. When Evelyn Drake, a 32-year-old trauma psychologist, inherits her estranged grandmother's abandoned estate, she plans to sell it and never look back. But the house, once ravaged by an unexplained fire, holds a history as twisted as the town itself. Evelyn soon discovers that her grandmother, Vivienne Hale, was a Soul Keeper, a guardian of spirits trapped between life and death. Her return stirs something ancient and angry. The spirits of Black Hollow awaken, their vengeance unresolved. When burned corpses begin appearing, each victim bearing the same eerie mark, Evelyn realizes she’s entangled in a crime that refuses to stay buried. Teaming up with Detective Ethan Calloway, a hardened cop haunted by his own past, Evelyn must uncover a decades-old conspiracy, a forgotten fire, and the true purpose of the Soul Keeper’s legacy. But not every ghost seeks peace. Some crave revenge. And in the ashes of the past, a killer still walks among the living.
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Chapter 1
Shadows of Black Hollow “Some places forget how to die.”The tires of Evelyn Drake’s car sliced through the damp gravel road, the wheels spitting up small stones that rattled against the undercarriage. The fog thickened the deeper she drove into the forgotten woods, where twisted trees clawed at the sky and moss-covered trunks lined the desolate path. Branches arched overhead like brittle bones, suffocating the weak sunlight struggling to seep through the gray canopy.The road narrowed, curving sharply, forcing Evelyn to slow. Her hands tightened on the steering wheel, knuckles paling as the headlights pierced through the dense mist, illuminating the warped wooden sign ahead: Welcome to Black Hollow. The words, faded and split by a jagged crack, loomed out of the fog like a warning.Her phone vibrated on the passenger seat, shattering the heavy silence. She grabbed it, flicking her thumb across the cracked screen.“Evelyn, please, don’t do this,” came the urgent voice of Harper Kensi
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The Ashen Tragedy.“Not all fires die out. Some just wait.”The fluorescent lights in the town archives buzzed overhead, a harsh contrast to the damp, dusty scent of old records. Evelyn brushed her fingertips along the spines of ancient ledgers until her hand stilled on a faded binder marked Ashen Tragedy – 1986. Her pulse quickened.She flipped it open, pages brittle beneath her touch. Black-and-white newspaper clippings filled the first few pages, photos of scorched rooftops, grieving families, and headlines screaming “FIRE CLAIMS TEN LIVES IN BLACK HOLLOW”. But something gnawed at her. Whispers from townsfolk echoed in her mind, about children who vanished, bodies never found.Evelyn squinted at the death toll: Ten confirmed dead. But the town had long whispered about more. She shuffled through the pages until a crumpled note slipped out, a faded police report marked Confidential.Her heart hammered as she read the signature at the bottom: Chief Thomas Calloway, Ethan’s father.“Co
Last Updated : 2025-02-23Ashes of the Soul Keeper Chapter 6
The Journal of the Dead.“Some secrets are buried for a reason.”The hollow thud of Evelyn’s boot against the warped fireplace panel echoed through the empty room. Dust bloomed in thick clouds as the wooden panel loosened and toppled to the floor. Her flashlight cut through the swirling haze, illuminating a narrow cavity behind the fireplace. Shelves lined with decaying books sagged under years of neglect, but one item stood out, a weathered, leather-bound journal.She reached for it, the rough cover cool and brittle beneath her fingertips. Her thumb traced the faded gold lettering on the front. Vivienne Hale. Her grandmother’s name.Evelyn hesitated, heart thudding in her chest, before cracking it open. The scent of aged paper wafted up, sharp and dry. Her eyes scanned the first entry, neat cursive letters spelling out a chilling truth:“The line separating the living from the dead is protected by the Soul Keeper. The spirits imprisoned here become vindictive if ignored. They murder,
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The Forgotten Ones.“They never left. They’re still here.”The handle was cold beneath Evelyn’s fingertips, tarnished brass slick with condensation. Ethan stood behind her, his flashlight casting long, twitching shadows along the cracked walls of the estate. The broken mirror lay in jagged pieces at their feet, reflecting their fractured faces.“You sure about this?” Ethan asked, voice low.Evelyn didn’t answer. She turned the handle. It creaked, a rusted, ancient sound that echoed through the hollow house.The hidden door swung open.A narrow staircase spiraled downward into darkness, its wooden steps warped and slick with moisture. The air that rushed out smelled of damp stone, old wood, and something older… something decayed.Ethan clicked his flashlight beam downward. “This wasn’t in the estate blueprints.”“No,” Evelyn murmured, swallowing hard. “This was meant to be forgotten.”They descended together, each creak beneath their boots sharp in the heavy silence. The air thickened
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The Firestarter’s Legacy.“Some killers don’t stop when they’re dead.”Ethan’s boots slammed against the warped wooden steps of the Hale Estate, each heavy footfall like a warning shot. Evelyn barely had time to turn before the front door burst open. Rainwater slicked Ethan’s jacket, darkening it, his jaw set like granite, but it was his eyes, storm-gray and burning, that made her freeze."You brought me here to tell me this?" His voice was as harsh as glass when he snapped. Evelyn didn’t flinch. She gripped Vivienne’s worn journal in her hands, the pages still open to the scrawled name: Caleb Vance.“You needed to know,” she said firmly.“You shouldn’t have been digging into this alone.” His fist slammed against the nearest wall, dust falling from the beams above.Evelyn pushed the journal toward him. “You didn’t tell me there were missing kids whose bodies were never found.”Ethan’s shoulders tensed, his jaw tightening as if the weight of the town’s secrets pressed against him. He
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Beneath the Ashes.“The dead have stories to tell. You just have to listen.”The hidden room seemed colder now, the air thick with something ancient, something heavy. Evelyn stood before the fractured mirror, her reflection fragmented across the cracks, pieces of herself staring back at her from strange angles. Her heart pounded in her chest, the echo of that whisper…..“I see you”.....still lingering in the air.She stepped closer, her breath fogging the glass. That’s when she noticed it, faint markings smeared across the cracked surface, almost invisible beneath the dust and age.“Not all of them crossed.”The words scrawled like a dying breath, barely there. Evelyn reached out, fingers trembling as she traced the letters. The moment her skin brushed the cold glass, the words vanished, swallowed whole as though they’d never existed.She staggered back.“Not all of who?” she whispered into the silence.But the mirror gave nothing back.That night, sleep came in jagged, restless waves.
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The Whispering Walls.“Some ghosts don’t know they’re dead.”Morning light filtered through the cracked windows of the Hale Estate, slicing through the dust-heavy air in golden beams. Evelyn stood at the kitchen sink, hands wrapped around a chipped mug of black coffee, steam curling in lazy spirals. The estate was quieter now, but the air still felt thick, like the house itself was holding its breath.The sharp knock at the door jolted her.She set the mug down, the porcelain clinking against the counter. Through the dusty front window, she spotted the familiar black SUV parked at the gates. And there he was, Detective Ethan Calloway, standing with the same tense posture, his jaw set like stone.Evelyn pulled the heavy door open, its hinges groaning.“Ms. Drake,” he greeted flatly, his gray eyes scanning the property before landing on her. The morning sun lit the rough edges of his face, defined cheekbones, a faint scar near his brow—but it was the tension in his stance she noticed mo
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Shadows of Black Hollow “Some places forget how to die.”The tires of Evelyn Drake’s car sliced through the damp gravel road, the wheels spitting up small stones that rattled against the undercarriage. The fog thickened the deeper she drove into the forgotten woods, where twisted trees clawed at the sky and moss-covered trunks lined the desolate path. Branches arched overhead like brittle bones, suffocating the weak sunlight struggling to seep through the gray canopy.The road narrowed, curving sharply, forcing Evelyn to slow. Her hands tightened on the steering wheel, knuckles paling as the headlights pierced through the dense mist, illuminating the warped wooden sign ahead: Welcome to Black Hollow. The words, faded and split by a jagged crack, loomed out of the fog like a warning.Her phone vibrated on the passenger seat, shattering the heavy silence. She grabbed it, flicking her thumb across the cracked screen.“Evelyn, please, don’t do this,” came the urgent voice of Harper Kensi
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