Forty South Tasmania - Issue 117

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FROM THE EDITOR: I don’t want to scare you; I really don’t. When Sonia Strong agreed to do a story on the ghost tours they conduct regularly at Port Arthur, it wasn’t my intention, dear reader, to scare you; it really wasn’t.

Then Sonia submitted her article and, as I read it, lots of little hairs stood up in lots of sensitive places, and I decided I needed to go outside for some fresh air. Then I realised that was a bad idea because it was night-time and very dark out there, so I sought comfort in the brightest part of the house, which just happens to be right in front of the drinks cabinet.

What I had forgotten, when I asked Sonia Strong if she would like to go on a Port Arthur ghost tour and write it up for the entertainment of Forty South readers, is that Sonia, before she became one of my favourite writers, was in another vocational life well-acquainted with death. You can find out what I mean by reading this issue’s lead article. If you dare.