Frank Tropea 
Go Ask the Dead 

This tale deals with a beautiful young girl, Amanda Mannon, who comes from a rather haunted family and becomes rather haunted herself. Surviving her morally loose mother’s murder, and her seductive handsome stepfather’s murder attempt of her, She goes to live with a wealthy great-aunt Lavinia Mannon. Because she can both see and talk and interact with the dead, she has a long-term affair with William, the ghost of long-dead Confederate officer killed at Gettysburg. Later, it all turns very bad for her with William with sexual abuse from him and his ghastly cohorts. Desperate, she turns to Craig her ex-husband who still loves her for help. But she must find the strength to defeat the evil dead from inside of herself. Later, she gives birth to a son. But with this baby’s remarkable heritage, what, exactly will the future hold for him and Amanda and Craig? This is the tale of a haunted girl in a haunted land, the South, still haunted by the Civil War and slavery.