Ethereal Slumber

17-year-old Pippa Hubbard dreams of being in a bustling big city, pursuing a glamorous career in fashion design. Instead, her mother drags her to Eidolon, a minuscule town in the middle-of-nowhere. Sure, a surprise inheritance from a family friend is nice. However, it does nothing to lessen her fears of being bored to tears in the tiny town.

But bored is the last thing she'll be in Eidolon. Secrets buried beneath the sleepy little burg are eager to claw their way to the surface in ways impossible to ignore.

A gust of wind where the air is still.

The whinny of a horse when she's all alone.

Instead of running from these oddities, Pippa makes the bold decision to investigate only to find herself face-to-face with a disembodied spirit.

He claims his name is Titus Zorana and pleads with Pippa to help him break free from a curse binding him to a local house. As unease prickles down her spine, Pippa asks herself the two questions that could alter the course of her life forever. Should she believe him and try to help? Or trust her instincts and run?

ETHEREAL SLUMBER is a short novella, inspired by The Grimms' Briar Rose