Slightly Spooky Stories I
SLIGHTLY SPOOK STORIES IGhosts, sixth sense and things not of this world aren't always scary, though they can be. Some help or warn, frighten or comfort those who perceive them. Others are here for their own purposes, waiting for a chance to move on. We might see, hear or feel them, perhaps they'll only reach us through our subconscious.Are ghosts memories and echoes of the past, contacts from another time and place, or figments of our imagination? Whether you believe in them or not, ghosts, spirits and mysterious spooking happenings all provide stories. This collection contains 25 of them.
Slightly Spooky Stories III
SLIGHTLY SPOOKY STORIES IIIGhosts, sixth sense and things not of this world aren't always scary, though they can be. Some help or warn, frighten or comfort those who perceive them. Others are here for their own purposes, waiting for a chance to move on. We might see, hear or feel them, perhaps they'll only reach us through our subconscious.Are ghosts memories and echoes of the past, contacts from another time and place, or figments of our imagination? Whether you believe in them or not, ghosts, spirits and mysterious spooking happenings all provide stories. This collection contains 24 of them.
Down Came a Blackbird
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Nicholas Wilde's third novel, Down Came a Blackbird, probes deeply into the mind of an unloved boy, whose nightmares fuse with the lost dreams of those who lived in an old dark house long before he was born. James woke up in pitch darkness. He'd been dreaming. He'd been on his own in a silent black room and a noise had come, scratching its way towards him. He shrank back in his pillow. The noise in his dream was still out there now, outside the window.The blackbird.Nightmares. He'd always had them but they were worse here, more real than ever, in this place he'd been sent to - his great-uncle's house, deep in the country. But one place was the same as any other for thirteen-year-old rejects like him.And now he'd been pushed around for long enough; he was going to get equal. If life could hurt him, he could hurt it back.He'd show every living thing in this house and garden what hurting was really about.Maybe his nightmares would stop then. And maybe the blackbird, that came seeking him out in the darkness, would at last go away. This award-winning, deeply moving and quielty chilling novel was filmed as The Ghost of Greville Lodge, starring George Cole and Prunella Scales.
The Haunting of Hoover Dam
An entire city is at stake, so the ladies get busy.When Boulder City is inundated with strange occurrences, the local, state, and federal authorities come up emptyhanded. Motivated by heart-wrenching appeals on Sue's blog, Ellen and her friends offer to help. But the pressure's on like never before when their paranormal investigation is met with scrutiny at every turn, especially when they discover, with the help of a one-hundred-year-old ghost, a sickening coverup from the days of the building of the Hoover Dam."A history buff's delight! This was such an interesting book. I got hooked in straight away and was rooting for the 3 main ladies the whole time. I loved the history that was guiding this story. Haunted twists were awesome. Another great read from the wonderful Eva Pohler."--Shawnae, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★"Our intrepid heroines commit themselves to uncovering the whole truth behind the deaths of the many workers who "died to make the desert bloom". The story is captivating, the characters are fun and relatable, and the underlying mission of these wonderful ladies to help all people to the best of their abilities, regardless of whether they are living or long dead, is uplifting. I will definitely be on board for their next adventure."--txdoc, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★This paranormal mystery series is for lovers of ghost stories, cozy paranormal mysteries, and supernatural suspense.
Secrets of the Greek Revival
Like Nancy Drew meets The Golden Girls!Ellen and her two best friends share a mid-life crisis by hatching a plan to renovate an 1860's Greek revival in the nearby historic district of San Antonio. Although Ellen isn't one to believe in ghosts, she comes face to face with something inexplicable in the attic. Her ghost-enthusiast friends convince her that they must help the spirit find closure, and as they dig deeper into the past, they uncover a shocking history that someone in the neighborhood doesn't want exposed.But Ellen and her friends don't give up easily. They realize they've been called to give voice to the invisible women who suffered behind the walls of the house for decades."Slightly wacky ladies, humor & good intentions result in a very interesting story. I've already ordered the second one in the series."--Lynne J. Condon, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★This paranormal mystery series is for lovers of ghost stories, paranormal cozy mysteries, and supernatural suspense.
Golden Rose
Brilliant Oxford PhD candidate in anthropology, Robert Walters, accepts an assignment to catalogue the 9th Duke of Dingley's collection of ethnic artefacts in decaying Montagu Hall. But the brutal murder of the 8th duke, mutilated sheep scattered about the grounds, and sudden death of the duke's beautiful young bride during their recent South American honeymoon, suggest all is not well at Montagu Hall. When an unexplained package arrives by hansom cab in the middle of the night, Robert's suspicions grow, and a game of cat and mouse begins. A frightful nocturnal visitor and mysterious lakeside lady nudge Robert towards an explanation that's bordering on the fantastical. Yet his theory is but a fragment of the appalling truth... Presented with evidence that challenges every facet of his Christian upbringing-while tempted with rewards beyond earthly imagination-which path will Robert choose? And who exactly is the cat...and who is the mouse? In addition to the novella Golden Rose, this edition also includes two short stories by Ben: You only Die Twice and Old Dan and the Key.
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Barry Pain-Volume 3
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Barry Pain-Volume 2
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Barry Pain-Volume 2
A Serpent’s Tooth
When a body is found at Lynch and Son Winery, no one suspects foul play. But then a second death occurs, and it seems that Ann Kinnear has stepped into the middle of a family feud turned fatal. Can Ann root out the evil or will her plan to move into the winery's guest house bear deadly fruit?Spirit senser Ann Kinnear is juggling a long-distance relationship and continuing her search for a place to call home. She thinks she has found the solution to both when she learns that her favorite Chester County, Pennsylvania winery has a guest house for rent. When the body of the terminally ill head of the winery is found on the grounds, Ann assumes that the torch will pass to the next generation ... but the terms of the will leave a sour taste in the mouth of some family members. Does that explain the patriarch's daughter's clandestine trips to a grand but derelict home in Philadelphia, tended by a mysterious man in Victorian garb? Her husband secretly asks Ann's brother Mike to investigate.Then a second body is found in a watery grave, and it seems that both deaths may have been murder.When the family hires Ann to contact the deceased, will what she learns provide a satisfying finish or yield a fatal harvest?Find out in Book 5 of the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels!How sharper than a serpent's tooth it isTo have a thankless child!- William Shakespeare, "King Lear"
Ghosts Just Want To Have Fun
An innocent photo outing, a very stiff dead body, and more surprises than the words in a song. Wouldn't you know it? The one time my cousin, Glinda, and her fianc矇, decide to go camping (I know right), I stumble upon a dead body in some abandon farm house. Turns out the guy was some famous singer who quit the music business ten years ago.I would have let the sheriff handle the investigation, except that the body was in a rather strange condition, which implied magic was involved. That's where I come in. Okay, the sheriff really wanted my cousin to help since she is a sleuth and a witch, but she wasn't in town, so guess what? I was asked to help investigate. Yes, I'm a witch too, but my talents extend mostly to mind reading and an occasional s矇ance.No murder mystery would be complete without Iggy, and a few other helpers-like my ghost friends Bella and Lorenzo. If you want to see how we solved the crime, just come to the Pink Iguana Sleuths' office in Witch's Cove, Florida to chat.
Dark Fangs Raging
Luke Irontree survived the vampires' first assault on Portland. But they're back, and they want revenge.Luke and his new werewolf allies hoped they'd have more time before the next battle with the vampires. When they discover a hot new night club is secretly a front to lure in victims, Luke hatches a plan. But they're met by heavily armed elite vampire warriors and barely make it out alive.The vampires are now being led by an old friend of Luke's, and the game has changed. The vamps are striking back. If Luke hopes to save his city and friends, he must figure out how to stop the vampire commandos setting traps to bring him down.When an old acquaintance reaches out, Luke learns of an international conspiracy to flood Portland with vampires. If that wasn't messed up enough, the fangers have infiltrated the local police. Luke and his ragtag band of vampire hunters are stretched thin with more enemies than they can deal with. Surrounded and hounded, Luke must find a way to turn the tides or die with the city he calls home...
The Ghastling
A contemporary horror magazine based on the Victorian penny dreadful, publishing short stories of horror, ghosts, folk horror, the macabre and the uncanny. The magazine is illustrated throughout and boasts a truly unique vintage design and typography, making it a very attractive addition to any horror-lover's bookshelf.
Haunted Hikes of the Appalachian Hills and Hollers
Ghost Stories. Folk Tales. Legends. Maps. Hiking Trails.The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway meandering 469 miles around the peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains through Virginia and North Carolina. It connects two parks, Shenandoah National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Along its route, there are trails where people can stop and hike, including the Appalachian Trail, which crosses its path. And few more adventurous come to check out a ghost - that of a little boy who haunts a mountain ridge along the Appalachian Trail in George Washington National Forest in Virginia. . .His name was Emmet "Ottie" Powell.This is just one of the many legends that haunt the Appalachian Region including . . .Spending the Night With the Wild and the Dead at Sarver Hollow ShelterGhost House at Big Ridge State ParkLucy of Roaring Forks Motor TrailGreat Smoky Mountains Legends of Spearfinger & the Dancing LightsWhite Woman of Silver RunThe Dead Men in Daniel Wise's WellThe Legend of Betty Knox and Her OxDead Man's Hollow Conservation Area- Great Allegheny Passage - Dead Man's HollowNew River Gorge National Park and Preserve- Kaymoor Miners Trail Ghost Trains and Dead MinersMassacre at Yahoo FallsTake a hike with author Jannette Quackenbush and explore over 49 frightening ghost stories and folk tales along the Appalachian Trail, National Parks and Forests, and State Park and find out where to hike to find them including Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee
Speaker
After months of dancing around each other, Detectives Kim Phillips and Riley Cross have finally become something more than partners. But before the afterglow has time to wear off, they're thrust into a vicious murder case where a confidential informant has been killed to keep a dirty cop's identity secret.Tasked with finding the killer without giving away their investigation, Kim and Riley dig into the underbelly of Chicago, all while Riley struggles with his new powers and Kim tries to find answers about her own abilities.But when another body is discovered, everything comes crumbling down around them. Now it's up to Riley and Priya to save a powerless Kim from the grips of a Turned ghost and the biggest challenge they've ever faced.
Even in the Grave
"In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost." -Edgar Allan PoeWandering souls! Restless spirits! The vengeful dead! Those who die with unfinished business haunt the living and make their presence known from the world beyond: A scientist's invention opens a window onto a terrible afterlife.A New York City apartment holds the secrets of the dead.A grandmother sends text messages from the grave.A samurai returns to his devastated home for a final showdown with his past.A forgotten TV game show haunts a man with a dark secret.A tapping from behind classroom walls leads to a horrible discovery.The specter of a prehistoric beast returns to a modern-day ranch.And the one seeing eye knows all-including what you did.Haunted from the other side, these stories roam from modern cities to the shadowed moors to feudal Japan to the jungles of Central America, each providing a spine-chilling glimpse into the shadows not even death can restrain. Do you dare open these pages and peer into the darkness they reveal?Stories by Marc Abbott, Meghan Arcuri, Oliver Baer, Alp Beck, Allan Burd, John P. Collins, Randee Dawn, Trevor Firetog, Caroline Flarity, Patrick Freivald, Teel James Glenn, Amy Grech, April Grey, Jonathan Lees, Gordon Linzner, Robert Masterson, Robert Ottone, Rick Poldark, Lou Rera, and Steven Van Patten.
The Book of Werewolves
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Being an account of a terrible superstition.
The Book of Werewolves
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Being an account of a terrible superstition.
The Shop on Royal Street
Nola Trenholm is hopeful for a fresh start in the Big Easy but must deal with ghosts from her past--as well as new ones--in this first book in a spin-off series of Karen White's New York Times bestselling Tradd Street novels. After a difficult detour on her road to adulthood, Nola Trenholm is looking to begin anew in New Orleans, and what better way to start her future than with her first house? But the historic fixer-upper she buys comes with even more work than she anticipated when the house's previous occupants don't seem to be ready to depart. Although she can't communicate with ghosts like her stepmother can, luckily Nola knows someone in New Orleans who is able to--even if he's the last person on earth she wants anything to do with ever again. Beau Ryan comes with his own dark past--a past that involves the disappearance of his sister and parents during Hurricane Katrina--and he's connected to the unsolved murder of a woman who once lived in the old Creole cottage Nola is determined to make her own...whether the resident restless spirits agree or not.
Wraith
Death wasn't the end of everything for Warren Sumner, not with unfinished business to attend to and a partner to kill.Infuriated over the late night attack that has left him and his children murdered and his wife fighting for her life in an ICU, Warren returns to the world of the living to take revenge against the trio of street thugs who attacked them, and also against Jordan, his business partner, who has embezzled their investment firm's assets.It's a race against time as Jordan prepares to flee the country, taking millions of dollars with him in an elaborate scheme to elude law enforcement. In order to to keep the firm from collapsing, leaving all of its employees and investors destitute, Warren struggles to find a way to stop him... not an easy task for a disembodied person with no easy way to communicate with the living."Bolton gets into the meat of relationships, and makes you care about his characters - which is all too rare, yet essential, in horror. Combined with a cracking story, it makes for quite the read!" Paul Kane - award-winning and bestselling author of Hooded Man, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, and Arcana."Raymond Bolton's Wraith presents an intriguing view of the intersections between the living and the dead. Beginning with a triple murder, this dark paranormal novel explores the consequences of betrayal, greed, infidelity, and vengeance on both sides of mortality...and in each instance, provides unexpected twists that propel readers onward, page after page. Bolton deftly shifts perspectives between the world of the Wraith and those he pursues with a fury that transcends death itself." Michael R. Collings, named Grand Master at the 2016 World Horror Convention
The Widows Watch
Bill Pender is a struggling writer. Being published does not always mean happiness or success. The Emissary changes Bill's life. His second novel has climbed up to number one on the Best Seller's List and is being picked up for a major motion picture. Bill has everything he wants yet the love of his life is the missing piece. Cathy, the curator of a local museum located in Wells, Maine is that missing link. His spur of the moment relocation to Southern Maine from Long Island, New York tosses him into a turmoil of suspense, drama and horror. His choices challenge his beliefs and his sanity. The Shaw Estate and Manor can be the opportunity of a lifetime. Or is it?
Resonant Lives
"You shall not be able to properly see or comprehend any other world, than the world that you are bound to." Jan was about to enter early retirement, he was eager to avoid the endless list of domestic chores about to be set by his wife. Then, unexpectedly, he becomes inspired by a random radio documentary. He sets about recreating a classic, and dangerous experiment within his workshop, which puts himself to the ultimate and physical, and mental test. Little did he know, that a late Victorian experiment would have such a big impact on his life and those around him. A short story inspired by the workings of the great engineer by the name of Nikola Tesla.
Principles of General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry
Alex will never dance again.Her parents and her dreams, all lost in one fateful night.Unable to put her faith in love and happiness, not evenfor Nicholas, the man she loves, she escapes to Chernut, a country town far from the reminders of her past. Here at the beautiful Lovelet Manor, inhabited by afamily who are as lost as she is, Alex finds solacein the picturesque gardens of which she is caretaker, accepting that her life can never be full again.But when she meets Edward in the grand gazebo, shediscovers that her heart may not be done with her yet.And for the first time in a long time, she allows herself to be loved.But is she losing her mind?Will the ghosts of her past keep her running forever?Or will Alex find herself before she runs out of time?
Ash Tuesday
In New Orleans, the dead talk and the living listen. Giving ghost tours on the decaying streets of the French Quarter isn't exactly a high-profile career, but the guides at Spirits of Yore Haunted Tours are too strange and troubled to do anything else. They call themselves Quarter Rats, a group of outcasts and dreamers and goths who gather in hole-in-the-wall bars to bicker, spin yarns, and search for belonging in the wee hours of the night after the tourists have staggered home. Through the ghost stories they tell, their own haunted lives come into focus. Like the city they call home, these tour guides are messy with contradiction: they suffer joyfully, live morbidly, and sin to find salvation. Weaving together real New Orleans folklore with the lives of eleven unforgettably vibrant characters, Ash Tuesday is a love letter to America's last true bohemia and the people, both dead and living, who keep its heart beating. With her debut, Blayde has carved out a deep and uber-readable interpretation of what it means to live, love, and grieve in New Orleans."There's something about New Orleans. Maybe you can trace it to Latin America or the Caribbean or maybe not, maybe you can't define it at all. The divine? The diabolical? I don't know what to call it. But there's magic, here."
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw A very young woman's first job: governess for two weirdly beautiful, strangely distant, oddly silent children, Miles and Flora, at a forlorn estate... An estate haunted by a beckoning evil. Half-seen figures who glare from dark towers and dusty windows- silent, foul phantoms who, day by day, night by night, come closer, ever closer. With growing horror, the helpless governess realizes the fiendish creatures want the children, seeking to corrupt their bodies, possess their minds, own their souls... But worse-much worse- the governess discovers that Miles and Flora have no terror of the lurking evil. For they want the walking dead as badly as the dead want them. And eight other stories of horror!
Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie We're Kidnapping Cupid
The Devil's after Mara and Paul's got the hots for Gus? What the heck is going on?! Mara's and Gus's love lives get turned upside down when Cupid shows up with a vendetta to settle--and decides to use Gus and Mara as his tools. Eros (aka Cupid, aka the God of Love and Lust) underestimates Gus's resourcefulness though, and when Mara comes home, she finds Eros trapped in a cage, in their living room. But Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and with Gus absolutely refusing to let Eros (aka the Love Assassin) go, Aphrodite comes calling, to collect her son.
Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie We're Canning Demons
Towards the end of her pregnancy, Mara and Gus get a call for help, from Mama Lua. Mama Lua has to go to New Orleans for a family emergency, but her store is under attack and she can't leave it unattended. She asks Mara and Gus if they can fill in for her while she's gone, deal with the assorted, eccentric customers, and figure out who's trying to shut her down.When Mara and Gus arrive in Los Angeles, they have their hands full and Mama Lua is nowhere to be found. Aunt Tillie, who insisted on accompanying them, has her own reasons for wanting to be in Los Angeles, and isn't being very forthcoming.Mara and Gus soon find themselves knee-deep in paranormal weirdness. Not only does Mara catch a wannabe vampire feeding on the customers, there's a flesh-eating demon on the loose, working its way up the food chain, and now someone's called up a homunculus. It's up to Mara and Gus to sort everything out and can that demon before it claims any more victims on its homicidal snacking binge. But they need to get things under control fast, before Mara goes into labor and her unusual baby makes its long-awaited appearance in their world.
The Pale Brown Thing
"The ancient Egyptians only buried people in their pyramids. We are living in ours." - Thibaut de Castries Serialised in 1977, The Pale Brown Thing is a shorter version of Fritz Leiber's World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the supernatural, Our Lady of Darkness. Leiber maintained that the two texts "should be regarded as the same story told at different times"; thus this volume reprints The Pale Brown Thing for the first time in nearly forty years, with an introduction by the author's friend, Californian poet Donald Sidney-Fryer. The novella stands as Leiber's vision of 1970s San Francisco: a city imbued with an eccentric vibe and nefarious entities, in which pulp writer Franz Westen uncovers an alternate portrait of the city's fin de siecle literary set-Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Clark Ashton Smith-as well as the darker invocations of occultist Thibaut de Castries and a pale brown inhabitant of Corona Heights.
Buried Secrets
A family was devastated by tragedy sixteen years ago, and no one has ever been the same since. A family was torn apart. Secrets were buried deep, never to be revealed.Now, a young woman returns to her family's lake cottage with the intention of sprucing it up and selling it, while leaving her history behind. She brings her two children with her, thinking it will be nice to have a fun vacation while she's readying the cottage. What she doesn't expect are the secrets that are revealed, some of which are her own. To make matters worse, someone significant from Ellie's history reappears, and she is unsure how to handle the reunion.Her young son begins to see "ghosts" and Ellie hears things. Is she coming undone again? Do the dead really haunt the cottage or are imaginations going in overdrive? Will Ellie be able to confront her past and face the truth, or will her life be thrown upside down once more?
Black Pine Road
Where Black Pine Road ends and the forest begins, a house waits, cold and empty. Rumors of dark spirits keep the people of Mahihkan away from the sole property and the quiet path that leads there. When aspiring writer, Lee Thorne, arrives in the small northern town, she knows nothing of its secrets. She sees the isolated house on Black Pine Road as the perfect winter getaway to write her first book. Hoping to leave the chaos of the city behind, Lee rents the long-abandoned home from its haughty landlord, Will Ashmore, though, even he refuses to step through the front door.As autumn turns to winter, Lee braves the harsh conditions but struggles with the nightmares and paranoia creeping into her life. Electrical disturbances and shadowy figures haunt the halls of Lee's new home, making her question what is real. Then she hears it-a voice hissing, "You're mine!"Has Lee gone mad, or has the seclusion she desperately sought turned into a waking nightmare? The demons of her past and present have come to light, and Lee must fight them both or watch everything she loves go down in flames.
The Sea Change
"Till human voices wake us, and we drown." - T. S. EliotIn her first collection, award-winning author Helen Grant plumbs the depths of the uncanny: Ten fathoms down, where the light filtering through the salt water turns everything grey-green, something awaits unwary divers. A self-aggrandising art critic travelling in rural Slovakia finds love with a beauty half his age-and pays the price. In a small German town, a nocturnal visitor preys upon children; there is a way to keep it off-but the ritual must be perfect. A rock climber dares to scale a local crag with a diabolical reputation, and makes a shocking discovery at the top. In each of these seven tales, unpleasantries and grotesqueries abound-and Grant reminds us with each one that there can be fates even worse than death.
November Night Tales
Each story in November Night Tales is a differently colored gem whose many facets reflect the lively mind of the author. Henry C. Mercer's life-long interest in world mythology, fairy tales, local legend, symbols, and artifacts form the fabric of his tales. Here, the reader will find vanishing castles, secret sects, biological weapons, sinister wilderness, lycanthropy, possessed dolls, and mythical lands. The characters in each story are driven to explore the unknown, face their fears, and perhaps discover something of themselves in the process. The compelling narratives, infused with intelligence and humanity, leave the reader curious why the stories remain virtually unknown today, and mournful that there are not more to explore. United at last with the six original November night tales is a seventh, posthumously published story, The Well of Monte Corbo. First published in 1928, this new edition is fully illustrated by Alisdair Wood and features an introduction by Peter Bell.
The House of Slumbers
Imagine a house filled with ghosts after a tragic fire. A fire that destroyed a coven and not a single church in town would grant them buriel rights on sacred ground. 13 angry souls wreaked havoc along with some demons that nearly destroyed a small town in downstate Illinois and demanded payback. An army of the dead marched across the midwest and ended in a battle for every man, woman and child amongst the living and the dead. The house was locked up for fifty years and the spirits were quiet for awhile. Then two doctors happen upon the mansion and decide to open a sanitarium for the wealthy. The dead will awaken and come back to take what is theres at any cost! The battle is far more deadly this time and characters have returned from the past and graveyard to pick sides in ths last battle for humanity. So lock the doors and turn out the lights. Check under your bed and pray that the dead stay in their graves tonight!
Black Pine Road
Where Black Pine Road ends and the forest begins, a house waits, cold and empty. Rumors of dark spirits keep the people of Mahihkan away from the sole property and the quiet path that leads there. When aspiring writer, Lee Thorne, arrives in the small northern town, she knows nothing of its secrets. She sees the isolated house on Black Pine Road as the perfect winter getaway to write her first book. Hoping to leave the chaos of the city behind, Lee rents the long-abandoned home from its haughty landlord, Will Ashmore, though, even he refuses to step through the front door.As autumn turns to winter, Lee braves the harsh conditions but struggles with the nightmares and paranoia creeping into her life. Electrical disturbances and shadowy figures haunt the halls of Lee's new home, making her question what is real. Then she hears it-a voice hissing, "You're mine!"Has Lee gone mad, or has the seclusion she desperately sought turned into a waking nightmare? The demons of her past and present have come to light, and Lee must fight them both or watch everything she loves go down in flames.
The Dead and the Countess
World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. The dead sleep peacefully--until a railway is built near their cemetery. While the old priest works to keep them at rest, the count's dying wife begs to be buried near the railway. But when her last wish is granted, the priest finds that the sound of the train leaves the countess far from at peace.
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of H. H. Munro (Saki)
A renowned short story writer of the Edwardian eraHector Hugh Munro was a British author and playwright who wrote under the pseudonym 'Saki' (a name which references the cup-bearer in the 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'). He belongs to that rare group of writers, which includes Kipling, O. Henry and others, recognised as 'masters of the short story'. His tales, which focus on the Edwardian culture and society of his times, are notable for their wit, mischievousness and satirical content. There existed many magazines eager to publish ghost and weird stories, for which the reading public had an insatiable appetite, and Saki was one of many writers who found success in them. Some of the stories collected here are now regarded as classics of the genre, among them is 'Srendi Vashtar', which has been adapted for opera, film, radio and television. Although officially too old at 43, Munro enlisted to fight in the First World War as an infantryman. He was killed at the Battle of Ancre in 1916. He has no known grave.In this comprehensive collection of Saki tales, readers will discover ' Tobermory', 'The Open Window', 'The She-Wolf', 'The Image of a Lost Soul', 'The Interlopers'.' The Lumber-Room' and many more.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
Reminiscences of a Bachelor
"I know there is a God-a dreadful God-and that retribution follows guilt." - "The Watcher"For the first time in over 150 years, "The Watcher", Le Fanu's classic tale of supernatural menace, is reissued from the pages of the Dublin University Magazine along with its original companion piece "The Fatal Bride", a brooding gothic novella not reprinted since its first publication in 1848. Like matched duelling pistols, Reminiscences of a Bachelor offers the most exquisite balance of craftsmanship, beauty, and peril. In these tales of Old Dublin, honour is ever at stake, the fate of lovers lies mired in the past, and something even worse than deceit stalks the streets, something just as deadly to the soul as it is to the flesh.
Haunted
3 Unique Storylines. Over 50 Possible Endings. Just one question... Can YOU be Scared... to Death? The most frightening day of the year isn't Halloween. It isn't Friday the 13th. The scariest day of the year, in fact, is today--because today is the day you enter... The House. HAUNTED is a horror story unlike any other -- YOU are the main character. After a mysterious invitation, you're set to spend three nights in a severely haunted house as part of a television show called The Offering. If you can make it through to the end, you'll walk away with one million dollars. But this game, like the uncanny inhabitants of the Tansky House, might prove far deadlier than any horror you've previously imagined.Praise for HAUNTED: "One helluva ghost story."-Shirley Jackson, author of The Haunting of Hill House"I'd seal my enemies in a cellar with a copy of HAUNTED, but that would be too good for them."-Edgar Allan Poe, creator of the horror genre"Decent story. Could've used more gables. ★★★"-Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The House of Seven GablesHere's how it works: You, Dear Reader, are the main character of this story. The House will change and mold itself to your fears -- based on your own choices. Tansky House holds many secrets...what should you do?Explore the grounds meticulously. Anything could be a clue! Go to page 232Take a drink (or two) from the ample bar, then hide in my bedroom. Go to page 13Ghost, ghouls, devils, and madmen, oh my! Stop yelling "Don't go into the basement!" and live your own interactive horror movie. Whether you get your chills from Paranormal Activity, The Conjuring, and The Exorcist, or if your goosebumps come from slashers like the Scream, Saw, or The Purge* franchises, you'll find a custom horror story waiting for you inside HAUNTED. You're in control now... but can you make it out alive? Or will you be scared to death?Get HAUNTED!* Click Your Poison is in no way associated with these other brands and companies.
Woo Woo
When Emily Carr was a teenager several untoward events caused her to reject the romantic loves of her life, but one suitor in particular, pursued her to the end of her days.Much conjecture surrounds Emily's obscure references to lost love, paternal betrayal, and her emotional maladies diagnosed as hysteria, that she implanted in her books as well as her letters and diaries.Sixty-seven years after Emily's death, an historic mystery man continues to hover over her memoirs ... like a ghost.
The Ghost and the Church Lady
When autumn arrives in Frederickport it brings surprises-some welcomed. Meanwhile, the residents of Beach Drive learn there are some things more frightening than ghosts. The 29th book in the Haunting Danielle paranormal cozy mystery series.
The Ghost and the Church Lady
When autumn arrives in Frederickport it brings surprises-some welcomed. Meanwhile, the residents of Beach Drive learn there are some things more frightening than ghosts. The 29th book in the Haunting Danielle paranormal cozy mystery series. Large Print Format.
Tales of the Dead
These six tales are culled from "Fantasmagoriana," the classic book of German ghost stories, said to have been what Mary Shelley, Byron, and her other companions were reading when Mary conceived and gave birth to the hideous "Frankenstein" during that haunted summer, so long ago. These six tales of terror and woe gave birth to ghastly horrors that night in Switzerland, for FEAR, just as much as love, is a universal language.
Little Eden Book Three
A Magic Book opens the heart & expands the mind. Book Three...the story continues... 2012. Little Eden, London, England.The beautiful sanctuary town of Little Eden is still under threat so when Robert is left a mysterious, old mansion by his cousin, he and his friends decide to go on a trip into the wilds of Lancashire to find out if the house and grounds maybe worth something. Their weekend away doesn't quite go to plan however and they all start to wonder if they should have stayed put in Little Eden.You see, dear readers, rumour has it that the Manor is the most haunted house in the world.Do you dare to join them and find out if Malinwick Manor is Haunted or Not? Little Eden, Haunted or Not, is a thrilling, quirky and modern take on classic Gothic novels with twists and turns that'll have you hooked from start to finish. Join Robert, Jack, Lancelot, Lucy, Sophie, Minnie and India as they find out if Malinwick Manor is haunted or not. Don't be too scared - all your favourite characters will be with you as you explore the ancient house and sacred grounds. Escape into the mysterious Forest of Bowland for another magical, enchanting and cosy mystery. What readers are saying about Little Eden books 1 & 2...Magical...My heart is singing...Cosy and delicious....I literally couldn't put it down...Quirky...Thrilling...Captivating...Enchanting characters...A rollercoaster ride...I was always on tenterhooks...Charming...A great escape...It really is a magic book...Love, light & magic...Enlightening...Exciting...Delightful...A sanctuary from my sofa... Books 1 & 2 are available in E-book & in paperback. Join me in Little Eden on social media @ktkingbooks
Red Sprites and Blue Jets
Cooper Sterling is a bright-eyed nine-year-old boy whose mother was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. In order to be the brave son he wants to be, he must help his hard-working father take care of his mother in any way he can. This includes doing household chores and even selling homemade milkshakes. The problem is that Cooper and his best friend Wesley Flunk keep getting entangled in a ghost hunt after Cooper believes he saw ghosts one stormy night. This poignant and comedic coming-of-age story follows a young boy's most challenging summer as he is forced to grow up quicker than he ever expected. For ages 8-13.
