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The Ashes of Vaitarna: A Ghost Story
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 31 2025
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Ashes of Vaitarna is a haunting supernatural tale set in the desolate wilderness of Maharashtra, where a forgotten railway station becomes a gateway to the restless dead.
When Sumit, a young railway officer, is posted to Vaitarna Station, he expects only solitude. Instead, he finds a place steeped in unease-flanked by looming hills and an abandoned cremation ground that smolders with unseen eyes. The only company is Arjun, a jittery village boy who warns him: The ground takes what it wants.
As ghostly occurrences unfold-vanishing water, spectral whispers, figures on the tracks-Sumit discovers a locket tied to a local legend: a woman and child killed in a decades-old derailment. Nightmares follow, along with visions of the woman in a tattered sari and a toy train that rolls on its own. Even the living seem haunted-Vikram, a nearby farmer, speaks in riddles about the hills and the dead who never left.
Desperate to free the spirits, Sumit performs a quiet ritual-returning the ghostly toy to the tracks. When the train passes, the spirits fade, and the station breathes again. But the peace is short-lived.
On his last night, ready to leave, Sumit sees figures watching from the hills-silent, glowing, countless. As the train pulls away, a cold hand grips his shoulder and a whisper follows:
You can't leave us.
Atmospheric and unsettling, The Ashes of Vaitarna explores guilt, memory, and the spectral weight of unresolved death. Some places aren't just haunted-they remember.
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