Thirteen Porcelain Ghosts

In the mist-shrouded town of Port Blossom, Oregon, the sea whispers secrets of lost love and lingering grief. Celeste Duvall, a potter haunted by the memory of her fiancé, Liam, lost to the waves years ago, finds solace in her craft. But one moonless night, a quest for legendary luminescent clay from the Elsinore River awakens something more than inspiration. The porcelain Celeste creates takes on an unsettling beauty, a spectral glow emanating from within. Thirteen pieces in particular whisper secrets of the departed – a teacup trembling with a stolen kiss, a bowl humming a forgotten lullaby, a plate radiating the warmth of a family meal never shared. As Celeste’s haunted creations spread through Port Blossom, they unearth long-buried secrets and ignite transformations. A baker’s decades-old guilt, a fisherman’s regret, a young wife’s stifled dreams – each touch of the porcelain stirs a ripple of change, weaving magic into the lives of the townsfolk. But the river's magic has a dark undercurrent. As the town awakens to buried truths, relationships strain, and long-dormant ambitions ignite, chaos threatens to consume Port Blossom. Celeste, tormented by the escalating whispers and a growing suspicion about Liam's death, realizes she is the unwitting catalyst of this upheaval. Will she silence the thirteen porcelain ghosts forever, or embrace her role as a medium between the living and the dead, even if it means the destruction of her town? The return of Mark Ward, her childhood sweetheart and a renowned oceanographer, offers Celeste a lifeline, a confidante amidst the growing storm. As the whispers intensify, revealing a shared history and a future they never thought possible, Celeste uncovers the source of the river’s power – Elsinore, a spectral guardian of unfulfilled dreams. Faced with a heart-wrenching choice, Celeste must confront her deepest regret: the belief that Liam’s death was her fault. Will she sacrifice her own peace to appease Elsinore and restore Port Blossom's tranquility, or risk everything to help the thirteen lost souls, and the townsfolk they now inhabit, find the peace they so desperately crave? In Thirteen Porcelain Ghosts, secrets surface, love rekindles, and the whispers of the past reveal the enduring strength of the human spirit and the transformative power of second chances.