Blackwood nodded as Thomas continued, “But on the way, the boys got stuck in the wet marsh mud and couldn’t get free. They screamed and screamed, but they were too far away for anyone to hear them. That mud was like quicksand, and it slowly swallowed them.”
Skeeter grabbed Thomas by the shoulders, shaking him. “That’s enough, Thomas! Stop it! STOP IT!” But Thomas plodded ahead without emotion, his voice dying to a whisper.
“The camp was forced to close. It couldn’t stay in business after the scandal of the two dead boys. But the groundskeeper remained in his little cabin, where every night, he is still visited by the ghosts of the two boys, who want to hear the thirteen true ghost stories, of which . . . their story is the last.”
The End
Jeff Turley
Jeff Turley is a co-owner of Illustrátus as well as an Academy Award–winning production designer. He has a love for the outdoors and often wishes he was living in the woods with his wife, soaking in the fresh mountain air and enjoying all of God’s creation.
Kit Turley
Kit Turley is a co-owner of Illustrátus and works in the production side of the animation and visual effects industries. When not making to-do lists and keeping things on schedule, Kit can be found cooking up a storm in the kitchen or walking her pup around Los Angeles.
Chris Sasaki is a character designer and illustrator living in Oakland, California. He works at Pixar Animation Studios and has designed characters for Monsters University and Inside Out. Most recently, he production designed the original short film, Sanjay’s Super Team. Ghost is his first picture book.
Jesse Reffsin
Jesse Reffsin is a film and television writer based out of Los Angeles. When not at the beach or camping, he can be found in a dark closet working on his next horror or sci-fi project.
Blaise Hemingway
Blaise Hemingway writes for film and television and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two kids, and semi-feral cat.
Producer:
Kit Turley
Blaise Hemingway
Jesse Reffsin
Illustrators:
Chris Sasaki
Jeff Turley
Layout Designer:
Pam Hsu
Carol Manocchi-Verrino
Scott Turley