“The Unhaunting”
Kevin Nguyen
"After Priscilla died, Carson’s only hope was that he’d be haunted."
"A Norwegian fir occupied a corner of Mrs. John Watson’s afternoon parlor, its scent green and resinous, its branches festooned with ornamental hot-air balloons and handmade horns of plenty."
"It was one of my most horrible childhood memories, and has remained one of my most tenacious impressions."
"The eerie ululation of coyotes on the hunt issued from the farther end of the canyon, and a scrim of cloud diminished the moon, so that the silvered yard grew tarnished."
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