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1 " The massive grey tabby turned his sea-green eyes towards her and projected abject misery in the way only cats are capable of. "
― Darcy Coates , The Haunting of Ashburn House
2 " This is a house that hasn’t seen a new soul in half a century. The walls are saturated with her; the floorboards are worn down from her feet; the very air continues to carry her presence after her death. "
3 " They weren’t all that different from her—teenagers who had found themselves classified as adults by virtue of too many birthdays and who were trying to fumble and bluff their way through the world without anyone realising how thoroughly underqualified they were. "
4 " She blinked, trying to recall the dream, but the effort was like trying to chase water while it soaked into the ground. "
5 " she’d been bequeathed a house by a relative her mother had claimed didn’t exist. "
6 " It must be nice to be a cat. No bills to pay. No difficult clients. No having to figure out how to say, “Send me my damn money!” in a pleasant way because if you’re rude they won’t hire you again and you can’t afford to lose any work. "
7 " Was that really blood sprayed over her chin? Adrienne looked back at the house as prickles ran over her arms. It had only been six or seven drops, but she was struggling to find any reasonable explanation for the red liquid. "
8 " morph into "
9 " There was a woman. An old and contorted woman. And the moon was somehow important. But every other detail fled as soon as she reached for it. "
10 " but the effort was like trying to chase water while it soaked into the ground. "
