The Dead Don't Speak | Open Novella Contest 2020 | ✔

Surviving in juvenile prison? Tough. Surviving in juvenile prison with the added bonus of seeing ghosts? Tougher.

Bailey has a sixth sense, a criminal record and no appetite for trouble; serving a year-long prison sentence already sucks enough in and of itself. If only the spirits would leave her in peace. A strange warning, an inexplicable injury, a disturbing message written on her cell's wall in blood: Bailey has no choice but to conclude a ghost is out to get her.

To save her life, she must find out why. But in a place where restriction is everything and escape impossible, that may be harder than it seems.

~ONC 2020 shortlister and honourable mention~
~Featured on 'Die Young, Stay Pretty' reading list on @Horror~
-Featured on 'Horror/Paranormal' reading list on @CommunityTeam~
~Featured on 'Life after death' reading list on @Paranormal~
~Featured on 'Wicked little creatures' reading list on @TeenFiction~
~Featured on 'I see dead people' on @fright~
~Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered, may 2022~
~Featured on 'The Rebels' reading list on @Badassreads~
~Amby Awards 2023 Top Pick~

Written for ONC 2020. Cover by @agraveyardhag