eerieindiana | Eerie Indiana Drabble: Infection

The Mayor's smile did not waver.

"You've been out of circulation for a long time," he said. "Maybe you didn't notice what happens to people in this town when they lose a loved one." His grin narrowed to become a smirk. "Maybe there wasn't anyone you loved, or maybe you just don't remember them."

Dash said nothing, but Sara Sue felt him freeze beside her, and could tell the barb had hit home. The Mayor continued.

"But the people who die here, they don't move on in the way we expect. They linger. They infect the people that miss them."

Ongoing Verse: Pay Attention

Awesome Pay Attention fanart commissioned by Lipstickcat and drawn by Misusart

Preparations by

froodle. Winston Chisel, the morning he became Mayor.

Lost and Found, in which the Unkind Ones honour one of their own

The Storm by

froodle, in which Mayor Chisel has a very specific job for Eerie's resident weatherman

Cygnet, in which Lillian and Harley visit the lake

Divergent, in which Dash and Harley have a conversation

Still, in which there is weather

Night Watch, in which it is Halloween, and Sara Sue is carving

Blue by

froodle: Sara Sue and Marilyn Teller in the laundry room.

Reflection by

froodle: Sara Sue in Paris.

Hereditary, in which the Bob Brothers experiment

The Paper Witch, in which something comes looking for Sara Sue

Advisor, in which Harley talks to a bird, and then to a ghost

Pay Attention Part 1 by

froodle

Pay Attention Part 2 by

froodle

Pay Attention Part 3 by

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Pay Attention Part 4 by

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Echoes by

froodle: the worlds where Simon and Marshall stayed are very different

Pay Attention Part 5 by

froodle

Onward, in which Sara Sue shares her favourite artwork with the boys

Pay Attention Part 6 by

froodle

Exhumed, in which there is activity at the lake

Pay Attention Part 7 by

froodle

Pay Attention Part 8 by

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Pay Attention Part 9 by

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Pay Attention Part 10 by

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Civil Disobedience by

froodle, in which Sara Sue objects most strenuously to the Mayor's behaviour

Pay Attention: Coda by

froodle

Christmas Morning by

froodle; takes place in the Pay Attention-verse, after the main story

Obsolete, in which Sara Sue finally gets reacquainted with her home town

Sculpture by

froodle, in which Sara Sue must face off against the forces of municipal artwork

Remodelling, in which there is a verandah

Deck the Halls, in which Sara Sue and Harley have another Christmas

Sunset, in which Sara Sue wants a dog

Signing, in which there is a chaffinch, and a lime, and a dog