2024/094: The Shabti — Megaera C Lorenz

2024/094: The Shabti — Megaera C Lorenz

I've never channelled a real ghost, far as I know. Until recently I didn't know there was any such thing. [p. 335]

Set in the USA in 1934, this is the story of Dashiel Quicke, a former medium who now travels the country debunking spiritualism, and Hermann Goschalk, a mild-mannered Egyptologist who believes that he is being haunted by an ancient spirit. Dashiel, down on his luck and pursued by his former partner and lover, Porphyrio, does his best to persuade Hermann that there are no such things as ghosts. Unfortunately, he is wrong.

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