What is the summary of a shady plot?

Answer 1

The story is about a man who starts getting cocky about his ability to bring forth ghost stories at his will and how he copes with the situation when he realises that he gets (the unwilling) help from a real ghost. the ghost demands a favour from him which he is unable to fulfill. The ghost then plays havoc with his married life leading to various comic situations

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Answer 2

It is a story about a man john hallock who is a (ghost)story writer.He writes for two reason.firstly ,his readers loved his stories which had life and Secondly money was an important thing for him.one day when he sits to write material things like his wife lavinia's craze for shopping and all comes to his mind. suddenly a ghostly figure appears before him and talks to him.Her name was helen and she tells him her story and tat they were on a stike.she asks him not to use ouija board and also to ensure that neither of his friends uses it. But it is at that time his wife appears anf shows him the ouija board that she had brought for him as a help ,so that he would be able to write his story well without referring to any books and all.She also arranges an ouija board party and invites all her friends. She also asks him to play it. At first he refuses to play it as he had promised helen that he wont use it.But his wife forces him and he plays it. Helen ,through everyone's oija board tries to communicate with john hallock and also calls him a betrayer. but everyone in the room misunderstands him.they thought the ghost was someone whom john had cheated. His wife lavinia started making movements for divorce.But at last his wife understands that he had not cheated her and that she was a ghost.His wife thus forgives him and john started writing his ghost story. THE END *this is what i understood by reading this story *you can also refer to the site given below

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Answer 3

"A Shady Plot" is a short story by Elsie Brown about an author who is haunted by the ghost of a deceased writer. The ghost helps the author write a best-selling book by providing him with plot ideas, but ultimately reveals a dark secret about the book's success. The story explores themes of plagiarism and the consequences of unethical behavior in pursuit of fame and fortune.