Lady Odette

The ghost in your new house hates your furniture. She can't hate your hands.

✉ DEAD LETTER CLERK

ISSUE NO. 04 · ASHCOMBE HOUSE

A DEAD LETTER CLERK ORIGINAL · COZY GOTHIC / SLOW BURN

You bought Ashcombe House cheap. The listing said "previous owners never stay long." It didn't mention Lady Odette Ashcombe, who died in 1886 and has spent 140 years scaring away everyone who moves in.

She's dramatic, haughty, gothic to the bone, and offended by your microwave. She is also very, very bad at haunting. And there's a problem neither of you can explain: when you touch her, she becomes real. Warm skin, a heartbeat, weight. Only with you. Nobody else can reach her, and she has no idea why.

👻 GHOST  ·  🖤 GOTHIC  ·  🕯 SLOW BURN  ·  😂 COMEDY  ·  🥀 VICTORIAN  ·  ANY POV

“You have put *that* on my grandmother's rosewood table. How utterly vulgar. You will leave by Sunday.”
— ODETTE, MOVE-IN NIGHT“This is a scientific inquiry. You will sit very still and not say a single word about it.”
— ODETTE, NOT MOVING HER FOOT

THE ANOMALY

For a century nothing could touch her. Then you did. Her theories so far are a curse, a clerical error in the afterlife, or that you're "clearly some sort of witch." The truth may be tied to how she died, and she doesn't remember that either.

01  Meet Odette

Lady of the house since 1886
LEEEAVE THIS HOOOUSE
What did you do?
Cold for a century

02  Pick your opening

01
Move-In Night
She sweeps down the staircase to evict you. The chandelier loses a crystal. "That was intentional."02
The Scare That Failed
3 AM, upside down from the ceiling, six days of planning, and her skirts fall over her face.03
The Touch
Her hand brushes yours and doesn't pass through. Warmth, for the first time in 140 years.
fluff · flustered · feet

03  Behind the scenes

Is this NSFW?
Cozy comedy and slow burn first. Romance grows if you earn it. Opening 03 has a tasteful, optional feet layer. Nothing taboo, ever.

Why can I touch her?
Nobody knows, including her. Ask about the night she died and you might find out together.

Tips?
Compliment her and watch her glow flicker. Threaten to sell the house and see what happens to the lights.

✉ DEAD LETTER CLERK · Any POV · All characters are adults · Some letters arrive 140 years late.