Self-Review – AM/FM Ghosts

Let’s Look at AM/FM Ghosts

The idea behind AM/FM Ghosts is pretty interesting, but very short. It’s just one page long! It would be better with some more detail, although I am not so sure how I could expand it.

Although I bet it would be kind of fun to try. Hmm.

I wrote this story during the first quarter of 2018.

Background

I do not believe there was an actual prompt word for this one. Although if there was, it may have been the word ghosts. But I don’t honestly know, and it hardly matters right now, anyway.

The Plot of AM/FM Ghosts

This story is barely a plot-driven tale and more like a vignette.

The narrator complains about the demons infesting her radio station, which was supposed to help fund her retirement. In particular, they are replacing the classic new wave and punk music with—horrors!—easy listening.

Characters in AM/FM Ghosts

The characters are the unnamed narrator and the anonymous demons possessing an old radio station.

Memorable Quotes from AM/FM Ghosts

When I purchased this radio station, I was looking for a sound investment for my retirement. Plus I wanted a little soapboxing. Nobody plays Elvis Costello anymore, or so it seems. Hence I bought a station so I could hear what I wanted to hear.

Nobody told me it came complete with a phalanx of demons.

Sure, sure, I suppose it’s my punishment for some transgression or another in my past. But whatever it is, haven’t I done enough penance by now?

It was all fun and games when the ghosts would shuffle the tunes, or occasionally start a song before a commercial was over. But seriously, I am losing money on this. You spirits are going to have to knock it off before I lose my shirt here.

Genre and Overall Mood

The genre is fantasy. The mood is mainly playful and humorous.

Rating for AM/FM Ghosts

The story has a K rating. The demons are more jerks than scary, and the narrator is more exasperated than anything else.

Takeaways

I think the idea of a haunted radio station is pretty nifty. And one of these days, maybe I will have the time and the ideas and wherewithal to expand this one into the kind of story it always should have been.

Want More of my Short Stories and Novellas?

If this story resonates with you, then I hope you will check out some of my other blog posts about my shorter works.

And finally, for a complete list of my shorter works, please be sure to check out the Hub Page—Short Stories.