Ghost Story

I had ghosts in my life until about two years ago.

Back in my 20s, I read a ton of Stephen King. I love a good ghost story as much as the next person, but the kind of ghosts he wrote of were nothing like mine.

Mine were in my head—and they were talkative. They’d whisper stuff like:

You don’t deserve that.
You’re not smart enough for _____.
You shouldn’t have…