Nice continuation. You don’t give much more away, but you heighten the mood with this installment. Not letting in the visitors seems to go with him being a little nuts.

You seem to like to write a lot and this is mysterious and fun. Great effort!

Oh, a haint. Rather calm as far as they go.
I love the atmosphere of this piece and how the narrator thinks the phantasm is palpable to everyone.

The gift of a new word! Thanks, PJ! “Haint”… southern US derivation… I thought you were British, PJ.

The fact that you give us small details without giving us an explicit description of what is going on opens this story up to interpretation. I’m eager to see where this goes next.