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Francis the Lonely Ghost

  Francis was bored. And quite frankly, Francis was lonely. He had died nearly a century ago, and thought that would be the end of his journey. But here he still was, lingering on as a ghost. One would imagine that it would be interesting to watch the ever-changing world develop over the years. One would be wrong. Francis was anchored to the very same desk he had worked at as a young man. Oh, he fondly remembered the days when he had a burning passion to make a name of himself. But as he lingered beyond the grave as a ghost, he lost that zeal. Although his body’s form remained the same, being a ghost, he felt much older. But being stuck in one place, he couldn’t leave the house he had lived in when he was alive. At first, he tried to communicate with the various residents who lived in his house after his death. Unfortunately, nobody heard him. He then had the bright idea to act out the various horror stories he had heard from his friends, minus the blood and gore of course.  T...