The Neithers — Ronnie G. Anderson

The Hazelton Asylum was one of those morbid places that housed the bodies of the comatose while they either awoke back on earth or in another place. Ted Stewart was a "Neither" for a short time at "Hazelton Dream Suites," but while there fell in love with a child sprite by the name of Annabelle. She lived in a world of her imagination as did everybody who resided at Hazelton. They called themselves "Neithers" because they were neither among the living or among the dead. When Ted awoke Annabelle's spirit found the body of the man that she loved and haunted him until she herself awoke. Once she was awake back in the world of the living her memory of her lost love was gone, as were the years that she had spent in the bed being fed by nurses who knew only too well that their patients knew what was happening all around them, but were unable to respond. When Ted's wife finds out that the woman that her husband is having an affair with is a comatose patient in an asylum she divorces him. It's not a sexual affair, but it is love, nonetheless. Her cold hearted redemption is more than she had ever planned on, and her growing love for the Neithers were her own salvation.