Ghosts We Used to Love

How do you mourn, when the person you loved hurt you? How do you mourn, when the person who hurt you never truly left?

The story of a woman haunted by the ghost of a dead lover whose own pain led her to hurt others. A story about the complex feelings of knowing the partner whose words cut so deep is hurting, too, and not knowing what to do with that grief when she's gone--grief both for the life they lived together, and for a life cut too short.

This is not a love story. It's a story about love gone wrong.

"Ghosts We Used to Love" is a 4,000 word horror short story about a lost love--and how hard it is to grieve when that person hurt you. It is inspired by true events about intimate partner abuse, so please read with caution.

Content warnings: this is a horror story and may contain upsetting content. Please be advised that the story contains the following:

• Intimate partner abuse (emotional and verbal; past, but described and quoted on-page)
• Suicide of a partner (past, but described and ghost seen)
• Self-harm (past, but scars/injuries seen)
• Depression (both past and present)
• Mental health problems, generally
• Struggles to recover from grief over the loss of a partner