{"product_id":"talking-departed-9798688809039","title":"Talking Departed","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Martha Whittington\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Occult \u0026amp; Supernatural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFragment taken from the story: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe slams me again against the gate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe air gets knocked out of my lungs but I have to keep going. I get up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI duck and avoid his fist hitting my face; a stray bullet goes through my arm, it hurts like hell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe guy punches me on the stomach, making me bounce against the gate, yet again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was three times too many, the gate behind me gives way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI fall backwards into the cemetery.I can't be here... I just can't.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe next jumps on me and starts strangling me as I lay on the ground. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI see all the deceased at the cemetery, making a circle around us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll of them voice out their questions and feelings to me at once. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Excuse me! Can you tell me what's this place?\" \"Can you give my parents a message for me?\"\"Get me out of here! Please! I didn't kill myself, you have to convince them! Please? \"\"Can you check on my brother over there? He's not moving, I don't know what's wrong with him...\"\"That cop was going to shoot me; so I shot first, tell them that! It was self-defense, boy\"\"I'm scared, I don't like it in here... I need to go back home...\"\"Today is my birthday, do you know if they remembered? Hello? Can you hear me?\"\"Do you know if it's gonna rain tonight? Shall I take my umbrella with me?\"\"You have to help me! I don't belong in this place! They left me here but I don't belong here! Tell them I don't belong here!\"\"I wanna go home! I don't like it in here.... I wanna go home to my Mom!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir screams are driving me insane. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomeone has taken the guy off of me already. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut I still can't breathe from the punch to the stomach. All those dead people are draining my energy fast, it's like being in hell or purgatory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey all want out.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46343638188183,"sku":"9798688809039","price":625.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798688809039.webp?v=1768693762","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/talking-departed-9798688809039","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}