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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1409596702
A thrilling collection of ghost stories, brought to life with atmospheric illustrations.
Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241955710
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. 'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241381281
The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray
Author : Pat Hancock,Allan Gould
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443133074
Turn the lights down low, lock the door, and prepare to be spooked! This collection of ghostly tales is sure to send chills up your spine. Grim and Ghostly Stories and Strange and Spooky Stories are now available in one frighteningly good package. A perfect introduction to the bestselling Haunted Canada series, these eighteen stories are guaranteed to give kids the creeps! Huddled under the covers or in the glow of the campfire, young fright fans will fall under the spell of these spooky stories about kids like themselves, caught in the grip of terror.
Author : Irving Finkel
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781529303278
'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History Revealed 'A fascinating journey' - Yorkshire Post 'Marvellous...Finkel is an expert in Mesopotamian cultures at the British Museum, and is one of the most clever, and nicest, of people it has ever been my pleasure to encounter...A fascinating journey' - The Scotsman There are few things more in common across cultures than the belief in ghosts. Ghosts inhabit something of the very essence of what it is to be human. Whether we personally 'believe' or not, we are all aware of ghosts and the rich mythologies and rituals surrounding them. They have inspired, fascinated and frightened us for centuries - yet most of us are only familiar with the vengeful apparitions of Shakespeare, or the ghastly spectres haunting the pages of 19th century gothic literature. But their origins are much, much older... The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies takes us back to the very beginning. A world-renowned authority on cuneiform, the form of writing on clay tablets which dates back to 3400BC, Irving Finkel has embarked upon an ancient ghost hunt, scouring these tablets to unlock the secrets of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians to breathe new life into the first ghost stories ever written. In The First Ghosts, he uncovers an extraordinarily rich seam of ancient spirit wisdom which has remained hidden for nearly 4000 years, covering practical details of how to live with ghosts, how to get rid of them and bring them back, and how to avoid becoming one, as well as exploring more philosophical questions: what are ghosts, why does the idea of them remain so powerful despite the lack of concrete evidence, and what do they tell us about being human?
Author : Charis Cotter
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781770495920
A classic ghost story with twists and turns: a spooky house, a malevolent spirit and two plucky heroines. In 1960s Toronto, two girls retreat to their attics to escape the loneliness and isolation of their lives. Polly lives in a house bursting at the seams with people, while Rose is often left alone by her busy parents. Polly is a down-to-earth dreamer with a wild imagination and an obsession with ghosts; Rose is a quiet, ethereal waif with a sharp tongue. Despite their differences, both girls spend their days feeling invisible and seek solace in books and the cozy confines of their respective attics. But soon they discover they aren't alone--they're actually neighbors, sharing a wall. They develop an unlikely friendship, and Polly is ecstatic to learn that Rose can actually see and talk to ghosts. Maybe she will finally see one too! But is there more to Rose than it seems? Why does no one ever talk to her? And why does she look so ... ghostly? When the girls find a tombstone with Rose's name on it in the cemetery and encounter an angry spirit in her house who seems intent on hurting Polly, they have to unravel the mystery of Rose and her strange family... before it's too late.
Author : Barbara Smith
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781771512800
A compelling collection of iconic ghost stories from all across Canada. Time and place are infused with ghosts and hauntings. From coast to coast to coast, Canada’s provinces and territories teem with the supernatural—phantoms obscured in the mists of time, spectres that delight in wreaking terror, and spirits destined to linger forever at the edge of the veil. Visit the far-flung corners of Canada to discover the folklore and legends behind: the ghost of a Newfoundland outlaw that leads blizzard-blind men to safety A poltergeist infestation that gleefully tortured an entire Nova Scotia family A fleet of phantom ships that haunt the coastline of New Brunswick the haggard spectre of a murderous witch in historic Quebec City Saskatchewan’s ghost-ridden military cadet academy an Alberta cabbie’s encounter with a silent shadow of a man in black the headless railway brakeman of Vancouver a moaning, man-shaped mist that haunts a Yukon cabin From east to west to way up north, bestselling author and renowned storyteller Barbara Smith traverses Canada’s provinces and territories to unearth more than 100 supernatural tales that careen between heartwarming, horrifying, sorrowful, and spine-chilling.
Author : Peter Straub
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101989203
#1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Straub’s classic tale of horror, secrets, and the dangerous ghosts of the past... What was the worst thing you’ve ever done? In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other stories—some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives. But one story is coming back to haunt them and their small town. A tale of something they did long ago. A wicked mistake. A horrifying accident. And they are about to learn that no one can bury the past forever...
Author : Barbara Smith
Publisher : Ghost House Pub.
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 1894877144
Barbara Smith's second collection of tales of the paranormal in Ontario. Meet the phantom who wanders the halls of a Brockville home dressed in along, white gown and the Hamilton family of five who have co-existed with a ghost for 20 years. Read about two
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781537822358
Eight classics by great Edwardian scholar and storyteller. "Number Thirteen," "The Mezzotint," "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," more. Renowned for their wit, erudition and suspense, these stories are each masterfully constructed and represent a high achievement in the ghost genre.
Author : Barbara Smith
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1993-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0888821522
An eerie collection of ghost stories in Alberta, from urban centres to rural areas and the Rocky Mountains.
Author : Isabel Yap,T. Kingfisher,Naomi Kritzer,Monica Valentinelli,Cassandra Khaw,Sophia Samatar,Diana M. Pho,Steven H Silver,Sarah Goslee,Nilah Magruder,Beth Cato
Publisher : Uncanny Magazine
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The November/December 2018 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Isabel Yap, T. Kingfisher, Naomi Kritzer, Monica Valentinelli, and Cassandra Khaw. Reprinted fiction by Sofia Samatar, essays by Diana M. Pho, Steven H Silver, Sarah Goslee, and Nilah Magruder, poetry by Beth Cato, Hal Y. Zhang, Leah Bobet, and Sharon Hsu, and interviews with Isabel Yap and Monica Valentinelli by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by John Picacio, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.
Author : Michael Cox,R. A. Gilbert
Publisher : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780192804471
Collection of thirty-five English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era.
Author : Susan Hill
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000020755911
Seventeen ghost stories from England are cozy or comic rather than spooky.
Author : Marie O'Regan
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780330259
25 chilling short stories by outstanding female writers. Women have always written exceptional stories of horror and the supernatural. This anthology aims to showcase the very best of these, from Amelia B. Edwards's 'The Phantom Coach', published in 1864, through past luminaries such as Edith Wharton and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, to modern talents including Muriel Gray, Sarah Pinborough and Lilith Saintcrow. From tales of ghostly children to visitations by departed loved ones, and from heart-rending stories to the profoundly unsettling depiction of extreme malevolence, what each of these stories has in common is the effect of a slight chilling of the skin, a feeling of something not quite present, but nevertheless there. If anything, this showcase anthology proves that sometimes the female of the species can also be the most terrifying . . .
