The Haunted Breadbox — Scott William Carter

Myron Vale sees ghosts. One hundred billion of them, to be precise.

In a world where everybody dies but nobody leaves, Myron Vale is the rare individual who completely straddles both sides of the great divide. In fact, he may just be the only one. His strange ability the result of a gunshot to the head while serving as a Portland police officer, a few years later he recovers to forge a new life as private investigator catering to both the living and the dead. His big problem? He can't tell them apart.

In this short story prequel to Ghost Detective, the first novel featuring Myron Vale, a house call to an old farmhouse finds Vale investigating the most unlikely of haunted places -- a breadbox. What lies inside? It's not at all what Vale expects.

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Includes an author's note explaining the origin of the story (which lead to the novel), as well as the opening chapter of Ghost Detective.