The Girl Who Kept Calling

A dead phone. A dead line. A girl screaming for help that couldn't possibly reach him.

Three days without sleep. The solstice pressing against the world like something trying to break through. And a payphone that hasn't worked in decades—but keeps ringing at 3:33 a.m.

When psychic investigator Alex Kane finally answers, he hears a teenage girl's desperate plea cut short by violence. The locals say she's been calling for forty years. Nobody remembers her name. Nobody knows who killed her. The phone company cut the lines decades ago.

But she's still screaming. And Alex Kane is the first person who might actually be able to help.

Armed with nothing but exhaustion, a stolen can of gasoline, and the oldest magic humanity has ever known, Alex must find a way to free a soul trapped in an endless loop of terror—before the solstice tears open doors better left closed.

In this standalone short story from the Alex Kane Files, a burned-out psychic confronts the ghost of a forgotten victim and discovers that sometimes the most powerful thing you can offer isn't a spell or a ritual. Sometimes it's just listening when no one else will.

Perfect for fans of Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. This supernatural thriller introduces readers to Alex Kane—a man running from a dark gift he never wanted, helping the dead find peace one case at a time.