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My Stories

Peril at Price Manor (Harper Collins 2023)

Halle Thompson is determined to someday play the Damsel in Distress in a horror movie. She takes acting lessons, practices fainting, and has the most perfect of all perfect horror movie screams—something her mom and classmates could do without. When she seizes the opportunity to deliver flowers to Price Manor, home of the famous horror movie maker who lives just outside of town, she is sure she will get her big break. Meanwhile, at Price Manor, a strange creature is attacking the household staff. The movie maker’s 12-year-old twins are sure it’s just another one of their father’s elaborate pranks. But when Halle shows up and discovers the very real horror scene, she must stop thinking like a Damsel in Distress and start thinking like a Heroine.

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Mrs. Claiborne’s Ghost (Parhelion literary magazine 2020)

Mrs. Alexander Bennington Claiborne is newly married and desperate to break into the local social scene. When the neighbors start reporting hauntings in their upscale homes, Mrs. Claiborne hatches the perfect plan. Read this short story here: https://parhelionliterary.com/laura-parnum/