Cold Ghost

"Cold Ghost" by Chester S. Geier is a story set in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness, where a man named Matt Hager struggles with the moral implications of his greed. As Hager transports his ailing partner, Cahill, through a deadly snowstorm, the temptation to abandon him for the sake of profiting from their joint fur trapping becomes overwhelming. Hager’s desperate act of leaving Cahill to die in the cold ignites a series of haunting events with a bone-chilling cold that relentlessly pursues him across vast distances. Hager embarks on a frantic journey, vainly seeking warmth and escape from the icy specter following his heinous crime. Ultimately, he is confronted with an inescapable fate, marked by unending cold that serves as a grim resolution to his transgression, prompting reflection on guilt and the haunting impact of betrayal.