Plz tell me the summary of the shady plot of english
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John started talking to himself. Then, suddenly he heard the ghost ‘Helen’s voice. He was surprised. She spoke on behalf of all the people who had turned to ghosts and warned the writer to stop from calling them often. She said they were all going to call for a strike. This strike was to not to appear or provide ideas to people for writing ghost stories. Thus, Helen warned the author not to involve himself in Ouija Board's activity or any other which would mean calling the spirits.At noon, while he was still trying to work on a story, his wife Lavinia brought a Ouija Board home and 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.
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The story begins with the situation that Mr. Hallock is told by Mr. Jenkins to write a ghost story dealing with superstition incidents and involvement of supernatural powers. The writer sits down to write the story but he couldn't. He used to write other stories so fastly although not being master in them. But this time, no plot was ready in his mind. He couldn't think of any idea.
Apart this, he was thinking of his wife's shopping and says "This writing business is delightful, isn't it ?" And suddenly he hears a voice "Yes, it is." It was the voice of a ghost who was now appearing slowly. She explained writer how she and other fellow mates help other writers to write story.
And she was the only one who created plots for Mr. Hallock to write story. Writer denied with the fact but later on Helen explained him everything and now she wanted writer to call all his friends and tell them to stop using Ouija Board.
Suddenly the wife of writer arrives and is surprised to see that writer was talking to himself aloud in a darkroom. Later on she says that she has brought an Ouija Board to help other writers to write story. The writer tries to make her understand but she doesn't listens to him and goes.
Next day when the writer returns from his office, he is informed by her cook that Lavinia has kept a party for her Book's club women. When writer goes there, he finds that every two women is sitting with each other having a Ouija Board in middle. Lavinia later on forces Mr. Hallock to be a partner of Ms. Hinkle.
Ms. Hinkle starts placing finger of writer on Ouija Board and the board spells "Traitor". Later on after enquiring the board tells it was someone named Helen.
Meanwhile Lavinia tells Mr. Hallock that she was leaving the house and makes him free to communicate with helen. At the same time, Helen appears. Writer accuses ghost for everything that happened but the cook enters and tells him that she was not interested to work in a house where people use Ouija Board.
And now, Lavinia changes her decision and also Mr. Hallock is happy for the fact that his wife was not leaving and he have got a new plot to write.