The Dead Detective

And the Barrel Full of Spirits

By: Jesse M. Harvey

Narrated by: Theodore Zephyr, Madison Mitts

Just because I'm dead doesn't mean I don't need to earn a living.

I'm Leroy Mahoney, of Bartley and Mahoney's Investigation Agency. If you're dead and got a problem I am the one you go to see. My office is still parked on 34th and Main St. Being dead is a lot more dangerous than I was expecting. Beyond the veil, monsters are waiting to devour and entrap souls for eternity. The Guardians are there to protect the departed on their way to the afterlife. If a someone doesn’t cross over before they fade completely, they turn into a Shade. Until the dead can let go of their mortal lives and release their tethers, they can’t pass on. That’s where I come in. I help people cross over, for a minimal fee. The Guardians think I am a parasite, but even dead people have bills to pay.. The only person I can’t help is myself. Something happened when I died, and now I’s stuck. No one knows why, but at least I don’t fade. In my time here I have learned some neat tricks. I have even figure out how to make bullets from spirit energy.. Until I figure out what happened to me I will just solve my cases, with my barrel full of spirits

©2022 Jesse Marlene Harvey (P)2023 Jesse Marlene Harvey

unexpectedly fun

the dual narrators did an amazing job bring this urban supernatural mystery to life.