Gil Van Wyck

Graveyard Denizens Gil Van Wyck

Meet George and Martha Puckett. A wonderful loving couple seemingly married forever. At times they have fun, other times not so. You see, they are no longer with us. They passed on in the year seventeen ninety. They are semi-retired now living in the afterlife. For near two-hundred-fifty years they have worked what is know as retrieval; collecting those specifically chosen from the recently departed for entry into another world. And then there are those times when doing that simple task meets unexpected challenges. But they excelled at their work and their accomplishments have not gone unnoticed. And neither have their problems. They live in a convalescent home amongst those suffering from some form of progressive dementia. They are not happy, they feel slighted, and they consider a drastic change is necessary. Possibly an escape. Of course should that attempt fail they will be returned to their grave, their demise, and their afterlife as they know it would come to an end. George and Martha are invisible to the living; not to the deceased. They can see, hear, manipulate, and can pass through material objects as you would expect any apparition to do. Yet, they don't consider themselves to be ghosts, spirits, or anything supernatural. However, there are those times when that belief becomes questionable.