Short Story Wednesday: "Blythe Spirit" from NORMAL RULES DON'T APPLY, Kate Atkinson

 

‘Blithe Spirit’ concerns a ghost called Mandy who was formerly an assistant to a junior minister in the Department of Health. This is a ghost story, which I always enjoy and the writing is lovely. Mandy is a low level employee is the Ministry of Health and I won't tell you how she died. Actually she is not all that sure of that or anything. She is waiting for someone to mentor her in her new state and that doesn't happen. This is pretty delightful and has the happiest ending you can imagine for an English ghost.