The Book Of The Dead: A Short Story

Hearing those words helped to calm her slightly. Feeling his arms around her, the slight pressure she felt, helped to ground her. As she continued to focus on calming herself, the wind stopped and the vegetation began to recede back into the floor. The boy kept hugging her, and though she was unaware of when it had happened she had ended up hugging him as well. “It’s okay,” He said. “I’m here for you.” For the first time since she had died she was able to cry. The pressure that had been building inside her chest finally released by the tears. “Sometimes we make mistakes.” Katherine’s voice came from behind her. She felt Katherine’s hand touch her shoulder and realized that she had kneeled down beside her. The little boy took a step back
“You’ll see. It’ll be easier to explain when it’s here.” Irwin’s face reappeared as he climbed into the hayloft. “This is the book!” He exclaimed moving to sit next to Angela as he dropped a huge book with a long bang onto the floor. If Angela hadn’t known better she would have believed it to be a dictionary. “The Book of the Dead.” Angela read the title aloud and looked up in shock, pointing to the title. “This book is about-?” “You guys, it tells a person everything that they need to know about the In-Between. I’ve been working on it for years. Katherine’s been helping. She’s been dead for a while so she knows a lot more, but I’ve been doing research on my own as well.” “The In-Between?” “That’s where we are.” He said flipping the book to the first page. The picture depicted was of Earth surrounded by clouds. In the space between the land and clouds were wispy lines with the words The In-Between written in them. “It’s the space that spirits who were given the option to enter the Land of the Dead are when they decide to remain behind.” “What are Spirits?” “What do you think you are?” Katherine asked kneeling down next to