“Curious Things” by the CWC & North State Writers, 2019 This anthology was grafted together by members of the California Writer's Club and the North State Writers. Each year these organizations gather a couple dozen of the members' best works and publish the results. In 2019, the theme was ghost stories. We begin with “Touched”, a tale with a classic setting, that of a traveler in a tavern, listening to a story being told. The story itself is reminiscent of the legend of the