Overview

How do you mourn, when the person you loved hurt you? How do you mourn, when the person who hurt you never truly left?

The story of a woman haunted by the ghost of a dead lover whose own pain led her to hurt others. A story about the complex feelings of knowing the partner whose words cut so deep is hurting, too, and not knowing what to do with that grief when she's gone--grief both for the life they lived together, and for a life cut too short.

This is not a love story. It's a story about love gone wrong.

"Ghosts We Used to Love" is a 4,000 word horror short story about a lost love--and how hard it is to grieve when that person hurt you. It is inspired by true events about intimate partner abuse, so please read with caution.

Content warnings: this is a horror story and may contain upsetting content. Please be advised that the story contains the following: 

• Intimate partner abuse (emotional and verbal; past, but described and quoted on-page)
• Suicide of a partner (past, but described and ghost seen)
• Self-harm (past, but scars/injuries seen)
• Depression (both past and present)
• Mental health problems, generally
• Struggles to recover from grief over the loss of a partner