"Yeah," Norman agreed, glancing back at her, not quite able to keep the relief out of his voice. "Apparently being able to see ghosts means I can talk to zombies, too, and when a few came stumbling through town the locals all figured it was my fault."

He couldn't even fault them for that one. If you squinted sideways at the whole situation, it sort of was.

"I haven't really met many 'dark spirits' or anything before. Most of them are just worried about stuff like who's going to feed their cat or whether they left the oven on before they died."