Haunted Halloween 2011: Guest Post Elana Johnson + A Giveaway!

Playing With the Devil

By Elana Johnson

You’re thirteen years old, and you hang out with your older sister’s friends. They’re fifteen, and way cooler than you, so when they pull out the Ouija board, you go along with it.

You’re not sure what was asked, just that it’s freaky to watch your fingers move to letters, frightening to watch words get spelled, terrifying to feel the air in the room turn chilly.

You play, because you don’t want your sister to be mad and not let you hang out next time. You play, because they’re fifteen, and you’re not. You play, even though the hair on your arms is standing up, and you can’t stop shivering, and you feel sick to your stomach.

As soon as you can, you leave. You live in a very small town, and jump on your bike to head the three blocks home.

You can’t pedal fast enough. Your breath is so, so labored. The wind is howling your name as you round the corner and begin the home stretch.

Because someone is following you.

You’re sure of it.

Can feel their eyes on the back of your head.

Hear their tires on the asphalt.

See their shadow as you fly through the puddle of orange light under the street lamp.

You will outrun them. You must. Tears coat your cheeks as you skid to a stop in your garage and finally look behind you.

No one. Just the empty, dark street, with the light way down at the corner. You swear you see a shadow.

You flee into the house and bury yourself in bed, vowing to never play with the devil again.

Possession is available now from

Simon & Schuster!

Synopsis: Vi knows the Rule: Girls don't walk with boys, and they never even think about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn...and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi's future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have brainwashed the rest of the population, but Vi is determined to think for herself. 

But the Thinkers are unusually persuasive, and they're set on convincing Vi to become one of them...starting by brainwashing Zenn. Vi can't leave Zenn in the Thinkers' hands, but she's wary of joining the rebellion, especially since that means teaming up with Jag. Jag is egotistical, charismatic, and dangerous--everything Zenn's not. Vi can't quite trust Jag and can't quite resist him, but she also can't give up on Zenn. 

This is a game of control or be controlled. And Vi has no choice but to play.

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