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?
When a Stranger Comes to Town
ANTHONY AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGYIncluding NYT bestselling author Michael Connelly's story "Avalon," soon to be adapted for television by David E. Kelley. "The very best of what crime fiction should deliver." -New York Journal of BooksThe latest Mystery Writers of America story collection, featuring surprising, page-turning twists on the genre from some of the top bestsellers and award winners in crime fictionIt's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories--a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water.No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar territories who disrupt our lives with unease and wonder. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers such as Michael Connelly, Dean Koontz and Joe Hill.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
Sleep not my Wanton
Lorina Skene moves between two worlds, the everyday and the supernatural, and in both she is a killer, at large and beyond suspicion in Victorian London. She is protected by her privilege and her power. But who, or what, is pulling the strings? This is a Gothic nightmare, and a tale of controlling, obsessive love, with plenty of twists, turns and weird happenings along the bumpy ride through fog and gaslight. Expect to be disturbed, and expect a broken heart, when silence falls and realisation dawns.
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
A Pyrate Tale - Fifty Years in Port Royale; and Other Stories
Based on Captain Charles Johnson's "A History of the Pyrates," the title tale offers a pirate account of a Port Royale that does not fall into the sea until well after the actual earthquake that destroyed the historical Port Royal. Other stories include a ghost who first appeared in a work of fiction, but haunts -- and works in -- a 21st century used book shop, a very Victorian Christmas ghost story, a venture through a mirror into a properly irrational Elvish land, and a few short pieces. The stories, ghosts and all, tend to be fantasy blended with historical fiction. If my ghosts keep you awake at night, it will be to chat about the world rather than to inflict terror.
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.
The Phantom Rickshaw
The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, also known as The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales, is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1888. This great collection of ghost stories includes these titles: The phantom 'rickshaw -- My own true ghost story -- The strange ride of Morrowbie Jukes -- The man who would be king -- The finest story in the world.
The Basket
Aren't cats wonderful pets? Have you never wondered what they are really looking at? Do they see things that we cannot see? Things sometimes happen in life like shadows and sounds in the night that are curious and everlasting. Have you ever been tangled or caught up in a nightmare? Without explanations, don't know what to say, how about Cat's got your tongue?
Magnolian
What secrets does the estate of Magnolian hide, and what is the young black man's ghost trying to tell Lillian before it's too late?When her father dies, college dropout Lillian Mullins steels herself for a future of nothing special in Pittsburgh. An invitation to Magnolian holds promise, but nightmares, ghosts, and murder threaten to derail her attempt to get a life. Lillian heads to the South, leaving Donovan Ross, an angst ridden potential lover, behind. After she finds her mother's old journal at Magnolian and learns a shocking secret, Lillian resolves to find out what happened nearly forty years ago to her mother's African American lover, Samson Jones. Mysterious accidents and threats make her wonder whom she can trust: her enigmatic distant cousin Willoughby Tate, who is running his father's gubernatorial campaign, her Aunt Lorelei, who warns of a dire future, the ghost who beckons her in the night, or her father's voice in the recurring dream that will not let Lillian rest. **This novel was previously published by Siren Bookstrand in 2011.
Amy
Two sisters as equal as the two poles of the earth.One benign and permanent victim, the other with a dark personality but with protective instincts. Melina - weak and submissive, Amy - a judge and punter in her own world in which God always showed his toughest face. What separates madness from logic? God from the Devil? The good from evil? These questions ceased to concern Amy when she felt deep within her soul that there was space for everything.And when the silence breaks and the secret is revealed, the sacrifice is one way...
Wadhurst Ghost Stories
Please note: this is a work of fiction NOT a compendium of local folklore.Could there really be a gargantuan snake, sleeping the sleep of the ages, somewhere beneath a hillock, just outside Wadhurst? And are there other, equally strange, beings 'living' (if we can really use that term) beneath the same earth? Was there once a spectacular magical 'obelisk' sited in a local field? And, while we're on the subject, who, or what, is 'The Oilman'? Where did Dr Jenkinson's mysterious machine come from? Who was Simon Francis Geffers? Did such a person ever really exist? And how can anyone possibly explain that 'forty-foot wide spectre with teeth' we still keep hearing about?These questions - and others of a similar nature - are not entirely answered in this collection of seven long-ish ghost stories, covering more than a century in the village's history.
Reasoned and Unreasoned Images
In an old church on a cold autumn afternoon, a young woman is making a brass rubbing. Suddenly, she senses a presence by the altar. A vague, diaphanous object brushes past her. She bends down over her brass rubbing and sees that it is speckled with blood. She faints.What do you do when your girlfriend says she's seen a ghost? Brian Kenning is a physicist, so he decides to perform an experiment in the church to find out what she actually saw. He becomes the first person to truly uncover the mystery of ghosts and how their appearance is linked to historical events. His explanation involves a new theory about the quantized nature of time itself.But Brian and his colleagues pursue the truth too far, until the safety of all is threatened. The consequences of their later experiments are most mysterious, and it is left to Brian's brother, John, to uncover the truth and rue the day they ever discovered the time quantum.
A Shadow of Love
"A spooky love story that gets your heart racing and your spine tingling! For those fans of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir who always wanted more, look no further." -Alexandra Angeloch, playwrightA Shadow of Love is a captivating paranormal romance that tells the story of Annabelle, a woman who has escaped an abusive relationship and finds solace in a secluded 1860's farmhouse. She soon discovers that she is not alone in her new home however, as the ghost of Christian, a poet who took his own life in 1917, haunts the halls.Initially, Christian tries to scare Annabelle away, but when they connect in her dreams, they fall deeply in love. But their love is haunted by a dark curse, as Christian's fianc矇 placed a spell on him that confines his spirit to the earth for one hundred years. With time running out, Annabelle becomes desperate to find a way to be with Christian, no matter the cost.As Annabelle navigates the dangers of her abusive ex and the looming threat of Christian's disappearance, she is pushed to the brink of reckless behavior in her desperate desire to be with the ghostly love of her life. A Shadow of Love is a heart-wrenching tale of forbidden love and the lengths we will go to for the ones we love.
Reaps
Reaps is a collection of ghost and supernatural tales... though several don't need ghosts to be scary. Most feature a rarity in the genre of young-adult books... young black male protagonists resourceful, brave and intelligent, and many in settings other than the inner-city.Examples of other settings where young black males encounter ghosts, deal with hauntings - benign or malignant - vanquish demons, and Satan Himself, are "Goat Boy" somewhere in America's heartland, "Children Of Death," which takes place in Haiti, "The Train To Lost Lake," in a forest in Maine, and "The Picture" set in a "nice little town."Stories which may or may not feature ghosts but are haunting nevertheless, include "Spontaneous Combustion," a gothic-themed reminder that hate still haunts this world, as well as the "The Execution" which is hauntingly surreal. Homelessness can also be scary, especially to an 8-year-old-boy who may be dying of pneumonia in an abandoned funeral parlor.Jess Mowry does not take the safe route, whether walking through a graveyard at night or an inner-city alley; and neither are his characters the safe and stereotypical heroes who look the parts and play the roles allowed by the mainstream guardians of what young people "should" read. Most are on the verge of manhood and without guides, either spiritual or real, who find they must become their own heroes, and seek their own light in a dark scary world.
