“Red Leaves” by S.E. Porter

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Rating: 3/5 Stars

The spirit of a boy wants to protect his mother from the insults of a holier-than-thou minister. At the urging of other spirits, he follows the minister to his home. There, he starts to move objects, causing the minister to scald himself and fall down the steps. As he now looks for ways to return to his mother, a crisis occurs when his mother comes to the minister’s house, causing a confrontation that may literally bring the house down.

Story read from 2025/03/10 to 2025/03/10