Hello, Kate!

Hello, Kate! is a story about a man who runs into an old friend who is believed to be dead. The story appears in Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill your Bones.



The Story
Tom Connors was on his way to a dance in the next village. It was a long walk through fields and woods. But it was a soft, sweet evening and he loved dancing, so Tom didn't mind. He had gone only a short distance when he noticed a young woman following him. "Maybe she is going to the dance," he thought, and he stopped and waited for her. As the woman got closer, he saw that it was Kate Faherty. They had danced together many times.

He was about to call "Hello, Kate!" When suddenly he remembered that Kate was dead. She had died last year, yet there she was all dressed up for the dance. Tom wanted to run, but somehow it didn't seem right to run from Kate. He turned and started to walk away as fast as he could, but Kate followed him. He took a shortcut across a field, but still she followed. When he got to the dance hall, she was right behind him. There were a lot of people standing outside, and Tom tried to loose Kate in the crowd. He worked his way to the side of the building, then squeezed up against the wall behind some people.

But Kate followed. She came so close she brushed up against him. Then she stopped and waited. He wanted to say "Hello Kate!" just the way he did when she was alive. But he was so frightened he couldn't speak. Her eyes looked into his eyes--and she vanished.