Question

please give me the summary of " the shady plot "

Answer 1

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The story starts with John hallock, who is an accountant in lumber company. He was told by his employer Mr. Genkins to write a ghost story, which should be horrifying and including super natural elements..

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Answer 2

it talks about a freelance writer who had a certain knack of writing ghost and became cocky owing to the attention he got from it.He was once sitting down to pen down another ghost story when h spoke out the pleasure of writing to particularly nobody.But he is surprised to hear a voice agree and turned around to see a female ghost named helen who claim to be a writer in her past life and after her death, brought together ghosts like her to start a writer's inspiration bureau and inspire writers who are struggling.The writer was baffled as she said that she was the one who gave him ideas for the plots.She brings his attention to the use of ouija boards and asks him to stop people from using it.At that moment his wife Lavinia comes and tells him of the purchase she made, which was an ouija board.announced her party with the women from her Book Club. The writer tried to convince Lavinia, his wife, to drop the idea. However, his wife made him a partner of Laura Hinkle to work on one of the Ouija boards.When the spirit visited, Laura asked it to tell something, the pointer started moving towards the letters to point out the word 'TRAITOR '. Bewildered, the writer had nothing to say so his partner asked the spirit to explain itself more fully. In response, the spirit spelled 'ASK HIM '. This was when the wrter realized that it is actually Helen who was trying to interact with them. They all asked Hallock if he knew anyone by name ‘Helen’ but he refused. After sometime the party came to an end. Lavinia had all the reasons to suspect that John was a traitor and he had an affair with a woman called Helen. She decided to get separated, packed her baggage and entered to bid him bye.
Meanwhile, Helen blamed John for having played Ouija with the ladies instead of stopping them from playing it. John could not think of letting his wife see a ghost and faint or go mad. He asked Lavinia to leave if she couldn’t help.After some time, there was a knock and Lavinia entered again. Suddenly, she saw the spirit whom informed her that she was Helen of New York and now she was going. Hearing the words of Helen, Lavinia doubt on her husband is cleared. Lavinia decided to stay back. The story ends well with the writer throwing the Ouija board in fire and Helen being glad. The writer was very happy because he had got a plot for a ghost story