Phone Calls From the Dead

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In 1969, a New Jersey rock musician named Karl Uphoff recieved a phone call from his Gran; you might not think that's strange, but his grandmother passed away 2 days earlier. Karl was 18 when he recieved the phone call, he had a very special bond with his grandmother, who was deaf. This is what happened. 4

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One evening in 1969, Karl was with his friends in the basement of an apartment in Montclair, New Jersey, when the mother of his friend came down and said that someone wanted to talk to Karl. When Karl went upstairs to talk on the phone, he realized he was talking to his Gran. He wanted to ask how she was talking to him, if she was dead, but she hung up. Karl kept getting phone calls from her and whenever he asked her how she was talking to him or what it's like to be dead, she would hang up. In the end, the phone calls stopped coming, but Karl felt that his Gran was still watching over him. 6

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There are more stories of the phone calls, one of them is a chill phone call from the grave allegedly occured in Wilmslow, Cheswire in 1977. A young women named Mary Meredith recieved a call at home from her cousin Shirley in Manchester. Minutes ago she recieved a phone call her aunt, who told her of Shirley's tragic car accident. Before she could question the women on the phone, she hung up. 8

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In the late 1980s, a Manchester women in England named Sadie lost her husband. Her husband left her a lot of money in his will. Sadie and her 7 year old daughter, Abigail,  moved to a graceful old cottage just outside Sandbach. The rent there was low and Sadie wondered why. 3 months later, Abigail told her mother one December evening that she had seen 'a kind old women' in a long black dress standing underneath a willow tree, smiling at her. The women waved once and faded away. 10

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Abigail was a quiet and honest girl, who did not have the habit of imagining things or embroide fanciful stories, so Sadie was a little unnerved by Abigail's story. Neither had seen the women again, but strange things have been happening around the cottage. One night, Abigail said she felt dizzy, so Sadie put her to bed early, thinking she was over-tired. Sadie decided to go to bed early too, so she went into her bedroom with a book. An hour later, there was a knock at the door of the cottage. Sadie wondered who would be calling at 11:00pm.12

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At the door there was a doctor who said he was here to examine Abigail. Sadie explained that she had not called him, but invited him in anyway. She took him up to Abigail's room and he examined her. he saw a rash on Abigail's arms, he told Sadie that it looked as it Abigail had the symptons of meningitis. The doctor drove Abigail and Sadie to the hospital where Abigail was positively diagnosed as suffering from the potentially fatal condition. In the end, Abigail was better. But, Sadie wondered who had phoned the docter.

Author notes

THERE R MORE STORIES, BUT I DON'T WANNA MAKE THIS SUPER LONG!!!!!!
AVOCADO

A contest entry

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  • Freddy Bobness
    January 7

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    AVOCADO xD
    this is really cool! xD I like it
    Great job!

    Thankyou for entering and good luck


  • Forever Unperfect gold member
    January 2

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    Sorry, but I'm going to have to DQ you
    I mentioned in my contest that there was to be nothing like this, no horror...
    Really sorry, but it is a very good and interesting story but it isn't what I'm looking for.
    So sorry again, but sadly rules are rules.

    Thanks so much for entering though!
    Regards,
    Katie.

    beginning: 5, language: 5, plot: 4, ending: 5, dialog: 5, characters: 5.


  • Maxxym Neovalerious
    January 1

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    It is a bunch of paragraphs that barely tell a story. It feels like a chain letter or something by the way, you make it feel unreal.

    On your first paragraph you wrote: " This is what happened." it would be better to change the punctuation to this: " This is what happened:"

    I really think you should star to describe and work harder, if you want to write a story you should see every aspect and stop writting like a dialog in your head. Just a suggestion

    Good luck with the contest!

    -Mâxxym Neovalerious


  • FurubaGurl gold member
    December 16, 2009

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    I may be biased due to the annoying chainletters I used to get all over my videos on YouTube, but I didn't really get creeped out by the story, because it felt like one of those chain letters. I didn't really get connected to the characters, or the plot itself. Thank you for entering though!


  • Gwidlet silver member
    December 8, 2009

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    I don't really like stories with two opening paragrpahs because it annoys me as I usually read the first paragraph to determine if I like it. but good luck in my contest! You are one finalist.


  • Para Turkey
    November 23, 2009

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    Well I hope not I don't want a phone call I really liked it. I really like the way you wrote the story. Thanks for entering


  • Serenity Blackheart
    November 15, 2009

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    Hmmmm.... if I got a phone call from the dead, I'd hang up. I'm very religeous, and we say if your getting a phone call with a ghost.... its not the one you think it is. xD Anyways, pretty cool! I'm not really one about ghosts, my family seems to be able to see them. O-o lol I think the second story's kinda cute. ^^
    Thanks for entering. Best of luck!


  • Foxyn gold member
    November 13, 2009
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    lawl. hm... it's an okay story, not what I really wanted. good job

  • Chloe Stones
    November 1, 2009
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    PLZ read pregnant bbz and commentxxxxxxxx

  • Chloe Stones
    November 1, 2009

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    How old r u? this is amazingxxxxxx
    im new to the site plz read spider alley, and pregnantxx


  • Te Kore gold member
    October 26, 2009

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    Hey.

    Wow, i can't say i found this creepy because i've had similar things happen to me. My Dad died when i was 9, and since then i've felt his presence, seen him watching over my son.

    If you believe in this kind of thing then it doesn't come across as scary in the slightest. But they way you wrote it gave that effect. Very good language, felt like a new report which i loved.

    Good luck in the contest you've entered it in, thanks for a good read.

    Staci

  • kkpigs
    October 25, 2009
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    yeah that is creepy. I give it 10!

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