#stranger phantom

The first two parts are up on AO3.

I’m going back and tweaking some of the earlier chapters to smooth some rough edges from my older writing. That way, when the final part drops, I can encourage folks to read the whole damn thing from start to finish - to encounter new scenes and plot threads tying neatly together!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7743790/chapters/77781500

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Preview from chapter 23:

The first wet split had the green-eyed boy backpedaling away from her prison. His fists lit up, and Barb couldn’t look away from his venomous expression.

His finger tapped the keyboard, frame-by-frame watching the local Chief of Police Jim Hopper enter the room where they had kept the dummy body of William Byers. Watched him enter the contaminated area, coughing past the heavy mist and spores. 

He could threaten their employment to keep their silence. Could threaten them with prison. Could actually arrest them. 

He mulled that over, and set it aside for consideration.