Inferno
“Our footsteps echoed hollowly. Our sandals hadn’t been touched by the flames. The sprightly music continued, never getting louder, and the light never changed, neither gloomy nor bright. On and on, corridor after corridor. Finally we halted.“We haven’t turned,” I said.Corbett nodded. “Do a one-eighty and we can get out of here. Let’s.”Half-facetiously I rapped on a bronze nameplate and read off the name and dates. A translucent human shape formed before me. I stared in horror, then shrugged. Wh...at was a ghost among ghosts?“Pardon me,” I said. “Can you direct us toward the wall of Dis?”The ghost’s voice was faint and reedy. “Wall? Dis?” Faint laughter. “They must have added more extensions in the Mausoleum. I don’t remember anything like that in Forest Lawn.”“Very funny. This isn’t Forest Lawn.”The ghost seemed vexed. “I was supposed to be buried in Forest Lawn. I paid for it before I died. It was in my will. Where am I?”“Would you believe Hell?”More faint laughter, as if from a great distance.MoreLess
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