Claire

The Tutor's Ghost Stories

By: Rod A. Galindo

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio

Winner: 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Paranormal

Claire Harvey is no ordinary 16-year-old. She never gets sick, she never gets hungry, and she never grows old. Little Max is the only one who knows why Claire is like she is, and he’s not telling.

When not tutoring Max in arithmetic, Claire entertains him with the minor hauntings of the old house on Hollow Street. Her favorite tale chills him to the bone, but isn’t that the whole point of a good ghost story?

As the lonely decades pass, Max strives to find an end to Claire's suffering. But the US Department of Paranormal Affairs has their own agenda. It seems Max is expendable, and Claire could lose her very soul.

The popular short ghost story "The Tutor" launches these 12 haunted, heart-wrenching adventures of betrayal, redemption, and rediscovered love.

©2017, 2019 Rod A. Galindo (P)2020 Rod A. Galindo

A haunting YA supernatural genre-bender

Genre-blending and blending, a haunting, harrowing, and bittersweet ghost story. A young woman murdered in the late 19th century, Claire spends two centuries tied to her childhood home, seeing the world continue to grow and evolve through the actions and habits of new residents. Even as her world contracts, her understanding deepens, and Claire learns that while she may never had had the opportunity to live for others, her death can and the things she's learned during it can guide the living. Elements of YA romance, supernatural mystery, and even a little science combine to form a work with literary overtones.