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“OPEN MIC IS FULL OF HEART, HONESTY, AND
POE-ETRY, WITH JUST A DASH OF THE MACABRE.
YOU’LL LOVE THE DECEASED RESIDENTS OF
WESTMINSTER CEMETERY—AND NOT JUST THE
FAMOUS ONE.”
—Gareth Hinds, author-illustrator of the graphic novel
POE: Stories and Poems

A rough circle of earth is pushed up and over, revealing
a hole. To Sam’s amazement, a moment later, sixteen-
year-old Lacy Brink climbs out. Dazed, she stands and
instinctively brushes off her very short skirt, bare legs,
boots, and short wool jacket.
Sam catches glimpses of the Living from time to time but
he has not seen a recently Deceased person up close since
the last burial at Westminster, in 1913. And in all the years
before that, none of the souls who rose from their graves
ever looked like this girl. Her frizzy dark hair is wild. Her
expression is serious. She’s guarded, but vulnerable at
the same time.
The girl looks around, trying to determine if she could
still be in a dream. She knows this cemetery well—it’s
Westminster, which has been a daytime hangout of hers for
years—but it’s late and she has no memory of walking here.