AFRAID OF ALICE
Summary
A narrator moves to a remote shed after a flood, only to be haunted by a mysterious tenant named Alice who steals her possessions and drains her life force. As the narrator grows critically ill, she discovers that Alice is actually the ghost of Emily, a girl murdered years ago by her ex-boyfriend. The landlady, Emily’s grandmother, facilitates the haunting, and the narrator realizes she is being slowly killed to replace the dead girl in her grave.
Topics discussed
Living near a roadside memorial
Learning the girl was murdered by her ex
Moving to a remote shed after a flood
New roommate and the sound of wheezing
Landlady explains Alice has severe asthma
Narrator falls ill and starts losing items
Doctor finds nothing; wheezing stops
Seeing Alice healthy while narrator is sick
Passing out and seeing an eye in the dark
Finding footprints and questioning the landlady
Boss calls; narrator passes out in car
Watching Alice break in and steal items
Waking up and realizing items are missing
Deciding to investigate Alice online
Discovering Alice is the murdered Emily
Realizing Alice wants to take the narrator's life
Packing to leave and hearing a knock
Being dragged into Alice's room
Trapped in a room with sigils and stolen items
Alice returns; narrator realizes she is dead
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