ghost uses the phone
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2012.04.11
I was woken in the wee hours by the sound of the phone being off the hook.
I blundered out to the living room and found that indeed the handset was off its cradle. Try as I might, I couldn't find a reason for this. Eventually I could only conclude that it had been off the hook for quite some time and that the phone company had for some reason renewed the beeping warning.
It was either that or a ghost. ;^P
Either way, I had a hell of a time getting back to sleep after such a jolting, puzzling, and annoying interruption.