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Hungry Spirits
Copyright © 2005 Morgan Hawke
ISBN: 1-55410-601-X
Cover art and design by Eiris Key
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A very special thank you to:
Virginia E. – For being there when I needed you.
Jaynie, Jaynie, Jaynie – For keeping me on the mostly
straight, and fairly narrow.
An extra special thank you to:
Erin S. - For helping me out of a jam.
Brent N. - Without you, this book would not have
been nearly so much fun to write.
To Stef - for the Miracles you have wrought.
Book One
~ Chrysanthemums & Lightning ~
Morgan Hawke
~ One ~
his historical mansion is supposed to be
haunted. Isn’t that cool?”
Thunder boomed, rattling the rattan frames of the
long, rice paper sliding walls on the left.
“What?” The rubber soles of Keiko’s pink house
slippers caught on the antique red and gold carpet,
making her trip. She barely kept from pitching into
the student directly in front of her. With the entire
class crammed in the narrow hallway, there was
barely enough walking room, never mind room to
fall. She turned to her left, and frowned at her
classmate. “Tika, did you say the house is haunted ?”
“Yep.” Tika smiled, showing the boy-grabbing
dimple in the heart of her cheek. The light shining
through the warm cream of the rice paper wall on
their left gave her oval face a warm glow. “The ghost
of an old samurai is supposed to be watching over the
family.”
Keiko winced. “Great.” Her class would arrange a
haunted house tour during an autumn storm. She
wiped her damp palms down the black jacket
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