I read 'Squatters' Rights' in Home Improvement: Undead Edition, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner. Eve and Joe made the mistake of buying a house in which a murder-suicide took place, even though they knew about it. The effect on Eve is well described and I enjoyed the Jewish lore.

Notes:

a. See the Bible's First Samuel, chapter 28, verses 7 - 25, for King Saul, the witch of Endor, and Samuel's spirit.

b. A Slinky is a toy in the shape of a spring, made out of either metal or plastic. (Just typing that has put the Slinky commercials' theme in my head. That is the toy that was spoofed in the parody commercial for 'log" on the cartoon 'Ren & Stimpy'.)

c. By 'rusty Rorschachs,' the author probably means that there are rust spots as big and oddly-shaped as Rorschach ink blots around the tub and sink.

d. Considering that I've read of a size 4 actress being offered 'the funny fat girl' parts, I'm not surprised that size 12-14 Eve feels self-conscious about her body.

e. There's a reference to Crosby, Stills Nash & Young's 'Our House'.

f. J-Date is a real website. Eve's best friend, Gina, posting her profile to it worked out in this case, but I have reservations about a friend doing that in real life.

g. There's a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf reference.

h. Ambien is a real sleeping medicine and those side effects are real, too.

i. 'Mazel' = luck

j. We're told why it's bad mazel to have one's bed across from the doorway.

h. Eve is reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

i. There's a reference to 'Macbeth'. ( )