Echoes

James Fitzgerald is looking forward to a weekend getaway with friends at the country house that once belonged to his parents. Instead he walks in on a bloodbath. And a cryptic message on a shower curtain points to him as the killer.



The small town sheriff is smarter than he looks. He knows he doesn't have enough evidence to make an arrest... yet.



Virtually under house arrest, James tries to distract himself from his grief and worry by investigating his parents' backgrounds. Maybe he can find an explanation for the strange fainting spells he's been having. He finds out more than he bargained for, however, and starts to wonder if sometimes it's better to let sleeping ghosts lie.



(This story is novelette length.)