A shady plot plz tell the story
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The
writer sat down to pen the story, though no idea occurred to him. In
fact his mind was wandering towards his wife’s shopping trips and other
unghostly things. The writer loudly said, ‘‘This writing business is
delightful, isn’t it?” and to his surprise a voice at the other end of
the room said, “Yes it is.” The writer was surprised to see a figure
taking shape gradually. It was a woman, tall and angular, with enormous
fishy eyes, wearing spectacles. She came and stood before the writer.
The writer wished to know why that woman had come. She gave a very
surprising answer that the writer had only called her to help him in
writing a story. Moreover she said that the ghosts were going on strike
so the writer should stop bothering her for another plot. She elaborated
that all the other stories that had been a hit had come from her only.
The ghost explained that she had been a writer in the earlier birth but
now she had collected other ghosts like her and set up a ‘Writers’
Inspiration Bureau’. Now they extended help to a writer who had no
ideas. The writer disagreed with the ghost’s views for he had never seen
her before so how could she have inspired him. She explained that she
had sat on the writer’s shoulder and had given him the plots. But now
they were all fed up for being pulled out of beds at all times and had
decided to go on strike. The ghost wanted the writer to call all his
friends and stop using the Ouija board. The conversation of the writer
and the ghostly figure was interrupted by the arrival of the writer’s
wife who is surprised to see her husband
sitting in the dark and talking loudly to himself. However, she was
going gaga over a recent purchase she had made. On the writer’s query
she revealed that she had bought a Ouija board to help the writer to
write the stories. She said that she wanted to make story writing easy
for the writer from now onwards. The writer tried his best to dissuade
his wife from keeping the ouija board but she refused to listen. The
writer thought that he would reason with his wife later. Next day the
writer set out for his job. He worked as an accountant for a lumber
company and could not give up his job and take to full-time
story-writing due to financial problems. On reaching back home he was
told by his cook to get ready and come down as his wife had invited some
guests. When he came down eventually, he was surprised to see that
their parlour was full of women belonging to his wife’s book club. They
were sitting in two’s and between two friends there was a Ouija board.
Immediately his wife appeared and she wanted the writer to be a partner
of Mrs Hinkle, who was without any other friend. Miss Hinkle took the
writer’s fingers and started moving them on the Ouija board.
Surprisingly the words spelt on the board were ‘TRAITOR.’ Mrs. Hinkle
wanted the board to clarify as to who was a traitor. The Ouija board
spelled out that it was Mr Hallock. On enquiring what was the identity
of the speaker, the board revealed that it was someone with the name of
Helen. This fact created a furore in the entire room and the ladies
along with the writer’s wife gathered around the writer and looked at
him accusingly. All the Ouija boards signalled towards the writer. The
writer could not answer. He fled the scene and went to sleep. Next
morning, he noticed a slip of paper with the message that his wife was
leaving him for good and her lawyer would communicate with him. The
writer was shocked and surprised at this development. Meanwhile Helen,
the ghost, reappeared and told the writer that she had been sent to
ensure that his wife was going to get rid of that Ouija board. The
writerwas very angry and he retorted that the ghost had made the writer
lose his wife, his home and his happiness. The writer’s wife Lavinia
entered and told the writer that she was moving out. The writer was
trying to shield and cover Helen, when his wife remarked that he was
behaving very strangely. The Cook barged in and announced that she was
not going to serve in a place where there were Ouija boards and
activities relating to curses and charms. Lavinia was in no mood to be
pacified. She sprang quickly to see who was standing behind her husband.
Helen did not disappear this time and boldly announced to Lavinia that
she indeed was Helen. Lavinia felt very miserable to create such a
ruckus and accuse her husband of infidelity. The writer felt inspired
and realised that he had indeed hit upon an excellent plot for a ghost
story.
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