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What the Dead Know
A Fantasy Short Story by Nghi Vo
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Historical Fantasy,
- Dark Fantasy,
- Ghost Story,
- Single Setting,
- Forbidden Knowledge
This book is for you if you're into...
- Séance scams that turn unexpectedly real
- Snowbound settings where secrets refuse to stay buried
- Historical fantasy with a creeping supernatural edge
A woman posing as a medium who can channel the spirit world comes face to face with the truth in this short historical fantasy by Hugo Award–winning author Nghi Vo.
The Fogg River Seminary, a girls' school in a small Illinois town, is supposed to be just another stop on Maryse and Vasyl's endless travels. They've made lucrative use of Maryse's "foreign" looks in their melodramatic séance act—and an act is all it is.
Then, during their performance, a blizzard sweeps in and cuts them off from town completely. In the freezing halls, there's a voice speaking the secrets of the dead, and Maryse has no choice but to listen…because this time, the voice is real.
Nghi Vo's What the Dead Know is part of Into Shadow, an enthralling collection of dark fantasy stories about the lure of forbidden knowledge. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.
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