A ghost without a soul

a ghost without a soul by Viy Sitante first appeared in issue Issue 105 in 2023.

Summary

Despite being a ghost, sometimes Bárbara smells like fresh grass after the rain. I wondered often if that was my imagination—if perhaps I confused the smell of spring each year with her--or if she wasn’t a ghost. I knew she was a ghost however; she proved it when she walked through the trees and put her hands through rocks. But the smell was so...tactile in a way, that sometimes my own faith in reality faltered.

The scent is on her again now, when she leans close to me.

External Links

This story is also available on Archive of Our Own (AO3).