A Ghostly Gathering

Author : Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780358007043

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A bewitched doll, a vengeful spirit, and a haunted mansion populate three haunting tales from award-winning author Mary Downing Hahn. Spine-chilling and spooky, these stories of the supernatural will thrill readers who love to be scared . . . just enough. Set during the Flu epidemic of 1918, One for Sorrow introduces Annie, a new girl at school, who is immediately claimed as best friend by Elsie—a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie. Elsie dies from influenza, but then she returns to reclaim Annie's friendship and punish all the girls who bullied her. In Took, a witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is "took" to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years. The Old Willis Place follows Diana and her little brother Georgie, who have been living in the woods behind the old Willis place, a decaying Victorian mansion, for what already seems like forever. They aren’t allowed to leave the property or show themselves to anyone. But when a new caretaker comes to live there with his young daughter, Lissa, Diana is tempted to break the mysterious rules they live by and reveal herself so she can finally have a friend. Somehow, Diana must get Lissa’s help if she and Georgie ever hope to release themselves from the secret that has bound them to the old Willis place for so long.

Author : Angela Slatter,Mark Morris,Ramsey Campbell
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472102669

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Mammoth Books presents A Ghostly Gathering by Angela Slatter,Mark Morris,Ramsey Campbell Pdf

The Pier - Thana Niveau "The pier exists," explains Thana Niveau, "and yes, it is decorated with strange plaques and cryptic memorials, although none are quite as morbid as I've invented. "It's mostly Clevedon Pier, which is where the story was born. I was reading the plaques one day and a couple of the quirkier ones made me wonder. What if they weren't written by the living to remember the dead at all, but were instead a channel for voices from somewhere else? "Somerset is the original Wicker Man country, after all. It's a place rich in pagan tradition and many of its strange rituals are lost to time. Or are they?" Fallen Boys - Mark Morris "Porthellion Quay, which features in this story, is a real place - only the name is different," says Morris. "My family and I spent a lovely, sunny day there one summer a few years ago during a Cornish holiday. "I love Cornwall not only because it's breathtakingly beautiful, but also because it is wild and rugged and desolate, and because past echoes and ancient legends seem to seep out of the very rock. It's a landscape which lends itself perfectly to the kinds of ghost stories I love, of which it seems there are far too few these days - stories which are not cosy and comforting and familiar, but which are dark and insidious, and evoke a crawling sense of dread." Lavender and Lychgates - Angela Slatter "'Lavender and Lychgates' is the second last story in Sourdough and Other Stories," recalls Slatter. "I had ideas I wanted to continue to explore - consequences of actions in an earlier story in the collection - and I had a picture in my head of a young girl in a graveyard. "Many years ago, a friend had told me a garbled tale of lilacs and lychgates, the details of which I cannot remember. I managed to garble it even more, and I couldn't get the words 'lavender and lychgates' out of my head, nor the image of shadows swirling in the apex of a lychgate roof above the heads of people passing out underneath. I also wondered what happens when you hang onto a memory too tightly." With the Angels - Ramsey Campbell "My fellow clansman Paul Campbell will remember the birth of this tale," he reveals. "At the Dead Dog party after the 2010 World Horror Convention in Brighton, someone was throwing a delighted toddler into the air. I was ambushed by an idea and had to apologise to Paul for rushing away to my room to scribble notes. The result is here."

Author : Kenneth Ireland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0340575433

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Author : H P Mallory
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798518988590

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Ghostly Gathering by H P Mallory Pdf

A murder most foul in the Big Apple... I'm still stuck in 1910 New York, trying to solve the mystery of what happened to Dorothy Arnold and her baby. Meanwhile the only person I have to rely on is my ghostly housemate, Drake, who is now as flesh and blood as I am, at least in this plane of existence. I find myself not only diving more deeply into the mystery of Dorothy's disappearance, but also into the background of my French policeman when we meet his brother, Lucien. It's then I learn more about the love of Drake's life, a subject which only leaves me cold.

Author : Angela Slatter,Mark Morris,Ramsey Campbell
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1472102665

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Mammoth Books presents A Ghostly Gathering by Angela Slatter,Mark Morris,Ramsey Campbell Pdf

The Pier - Thana Niveau "The pier exists," explains Thana Niveau, "and yes, it is decorated with strange plaques and cryptic memorials, although none are quite as morbid as I've invented. "It's mostly Clevedon Pier, which is where the story was born. I was reading the plaques one day and a couple of the quirkier ones made me wonder. What if they weren't written by the living to remember the dead at all, but were instead a channel for voices from somewhere else? "Somerset is the original Wicker Man country, after all. It's a place rich in pagan tradition and many of its strange rituals are lost to time. Or are they?" Fallen Boys - Mark Morris "Porthellion Quay, which features in this story, is a real place - only the name is different," says Morris. "My family and I spent a lovely, sunny day there one summer a few years ago during a Cornish holiday. "I love Cornwall not only because it's breathtakingly beautiful, but also because it is wild and rugged and desolate, and because past echoes and ancient legends seem to seep out of the very rock. It's a landscape which lends itself perfectly to the kinds of ghost stories I love, of which it seems there are far too few these days - stories which are not cosy and comforting and familiar, but which are dark and insidious, and evoke a crawling sense of dread." Lavender and Lychgates - Angela Slatter "'Lavender and Lychgates' is the second last story in Sourdough and Other Stories," recalls Slatter. "I had ideas I wanted to continue to explore - consequences of actions in an earlier story in the collection - and I had a picture in my head of a young girl in a graveyard. "Many years ago, a friend had told me a garbled tale of lilacs and lychgates, the details of which I cannot remember. I managed to garble it even more, and I couldn't get the words 'lavender and lychgates' out of my head, nor the image of shadows swirling in the apex of a lychgate roof above the heads of people passing out underneath. I also wondered what happens when you hang onto a memory too tightly." With the Angels - Ramsey Campbell "My fellow clansman Paul Campbell will remember the birth of this tale," he reveals. "At the Dead Dog party after the 2010 World Horror Convention in Brighton, someone was throwing a delighted toddler into the air. I was ambushed by an idea and had to apologise to Paul for rushing away to my room to scribble notes. The result is here."

Author : Dan Poblocki
Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338091271

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The Gathering by Dan Poblocki Pdf

Some houses are more than just haunted... they're hungry. Dash, Dylan, Poppy, Marcus, and Azumi don't know this at first. They each think they've been summoned to Shadow House for innocent reasons. But there's nothing innocent about Shadow House. Something within its walls is wickedly wrong. Nothing -- and nobody -- can be trusted. Hallways move. Doors vanish. Ghosts appear. Children disappear. And the way out? That's disappeared, too... Enter Shadow House... if you dare. Don't just read about Shadow House -- explore its haunted depths with the free app!

Author : Robertson Davies
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0146001125

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A Gathering of Ghost Stories by Robertson Davies Pdf

Author : Karen Greaves
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781803817262

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The Tombstone Detective Agency by Karen Greaves Pdf

A fun, quirky read in the form of a fantasy, adventure-come detective novel told from the perspectives of the two main characters. Set in the medieval cathedral town of Rochester, Kent and its surrounding areas, 'The Tombstone Detective Agency' tells the story of the county's mysteriously disappearing Ghosts (with a capital G!). Why? How? Who's responsible? As the Kent Board For Ghostly Behaviour is about as effective in protecting its citizens as a leaky umbrella is in keeping out the rain, it's up to Edwardian Ghost Girl Tessie and her detective obsessed Mortal (capital M!) friend Alex to find out by setting up their own detective agency and employing a bunch of eccentric spooks to help with their investigations. Will they succeed in solving the mystery or is there a traitor within their ranks? Aimed at children aged 9 - 12, the book is a fast-paced, imaginative read, packed with colourful characters, vivid descriptions of setting, and events, humour and twists and turns. Designed to encourage reading for pleasure, the novel also offers opportunities for parent/child and class discussion on themes such as friendship, the importance of making good choices, and celebrating differences. 'The Tombstone Detective Agency' is in line with the literacy goals for reading and writing at KS2 including 'show don't tell'. Note: Log on to the writer's website at www.kdgreaves.com to find further information about this book and other works by the author.

Author : P. G. Wodehouse
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775456339

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Not George Washington by P. G. Wodehouse Pdf

The renowned British humorist takes on his own early career in this fictionalized account of how he got his start in the publishing world. Wodehouse's alter ego "James Orlebar Cloyster" stumbles and fumbles his way through ignominious assignments and false starts, but ultimately achieves success on his own terms.

Author : Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442925564

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Not George Washington (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition) by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Pdf

Author : Mary Jacobus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780226390680

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Romantic Things by Mary Jacobus Pdf

Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. Lyric poetry is especially concerned with things and their relationship to thought, sense, and understanding. In Romantic Things, Mary Jacobus explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in Romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. Jacobus discusses objects and attributes that test our perceptions and preoccupy both Romantic poetry and modern philosophy. John Clare, John Constable, Rainer Maria Rilke, W. G. Sebald, and Gerhard Richter make appearances around the central figure of William Wordsworth as Jacobus explores trees, rocks, clouds, breath, sleep, deafness, and blindness in their work. While she thinks through these things, she is assisted by the writings of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Derrida, and Jean-Luc Nancy. Helping us think more deeply about things that are at once visible and invisible, seen and unseen, felt and unfeeling, Romantic Things opens our eyes to what has been previously overlooked in lyric and Romantic poetry.

Author : Sandra Morris
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781038308399

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The Wilding by Sandra Morris Pdf

In poems shot through with both wonder and woe, The Wilding celebrates the astonishing natural world and mourns the crises facing it. A clear-eyed, uncompromising, and cohesive first collection, it is a love letter and offering to the Earth, both prayer and lamentation. Seeing “our fingerprints on every catastrophe” but knowing “we belong to the universe and it to us,” The Wilding refuses to give in to despair. Instead, it seeks the path to rebirth and renewal, while reminding us, in doing so, of our own, wild hearts.

Author : Roy Lewis
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Totem Crime
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0002231131

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A Gathering of Ghosts by Roy Lewis Pdf

Author : Patrick Drazen
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781462029433

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A Gathering of Spirits: Japan's Ghost Story Tradition by Patrick Drazen Pdf

"Prepare for a sampling of Japanese ghosts and spirits, from sources that include the worlds oldest novel, the urban legends of contemporary Japanese schoolchildren, movies both classic and modern, anime, manga, and more." For hundreds of years Japan has lived in a reality consisting of the real world and the spirit world; sometimes the wall between the two worlds gets thin enough for spirits to cross over. In such a reality, ghost stories have been popular for centuries. Patrick Drazen, author of "Anime Explosion", looks at these stories: old and new, scary or funny or sad, looking at common themes and the reasons for their popularity. This book uses one Japanese ghost story tradition: the "hyaku monogatari" (hundred stories). In the old tradition, people tell each other one hundred ghost stories in one sitting. These hundred tales run from folklore to cartoons, but all are designed to send chills up the spine ...

Author : William Clark Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000005325450

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On the Fo'k'sle Head by William Clark Russell Pdf