The Ray
by Jack Buckeridge
It was a dark day for Marisa Larkin when she heard her mother’s voice. Not that she didn’t love her mother, of course she did, but Chloe Larkin had died six years before; which meant Marisa had lived six years without listening to her, without seeing her, without sharing the day with her! But then, suddenly and surprisingly she was back, along with others: chatting, arguing, screaming in her mind.