Novels and long works

Everyone Goes Through The Door

Cover of book showing gravestones and a mausoleum under autumn trees on a sunny day

Peter Wachowski has 1) a calling, 2) no paranormal talent, and 3) a problem in the form of a pretty grim haunting that he can’t dispel alone (see point 2).

Apart from being an unemployed psychic who lives in his van, Duncan Coburn has no particular problems. Until a short, motor-mouthed amateur drags him into a confrontation with a wounded, vengeful spirit who is inflicting its pain and hatred on everyone it can reach.

After a rocky start, Peter and Duncan find that their shared purpose—and growing mutual respect and affection—allow them to tackle the haunting together. Which is a good thing, because if they can’t persuade the spirit to go through the door between this world and the next, really bad stuff is going to happen.

Everyone Goes Through the Door is a 75,000-word collection of previously published linked stories, and includes one new 12,000-word story never before published.

Content Notes

This is a volume of ghost stories. References to and depictions of deaths, serious and fatal injuries, and scary situations are typical of the genre. No violent deaths take place on the page. 

Other potentially upsetting content:

  • Mention of a beloved older relative who has died (throughout)
  • Mention of sexual violence within a family (Everyone Goes Through the Door)
  • Mention of physical and/or emotional abuse within a family (Six Warm Nights at the End of October, Blizzard)
  • Mention of infant death (Everyone Goes Through the Door)
  • Mention of depression and suicide (The Shadow in the Classroom, Logging in Old Algonquin, Try to Keep It All the Year)
  • Mention of recreational drug use to self-medicate (Six Warm Nights at the End of October)
  • Off-page, previous death of a lost cat (Six Warm Nights at the End of October)
  • Peaceful death of an elderly dog (Blizzard)
  • Car accident resulting in minor injuries (Blizzard)

This book also contains mention, discussion, and depiction of sexual interests and activities throughout. Some scenes are NSFW (Not Safe For Work).

Release date: October 18, 2024

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You may also enjoy the free ghost story “Heading Home,” a brief view into Duncan’s life and work before Everyone Goes Through the Door.