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Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The author of the acclaimed novel The Brief History of the Dead now gives us one hundred funny, poignant, scary, and thought-provoking ghost stories that explore all aspects of the afterlife. A spirit who appears in a law firm reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love, a man haunted by the trees cut down to build his house, nefarious specters that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows in which they live, and parakeets that serve as...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese, Doubleday
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Tales of the supernatural involving women. A woman about to marry a man is visited by the spirit of her groom's first wife; a dead man haunts the woman he was engaged to whenever she has intimate moments with another man; a secretary on a diet sees obese people everywhere; a woman's prized piece of furniture becomes the home of a malevolent ghost. By the author of Foreign Affairs.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scholar Lafcadio Hearn made it his life's work to study the world's supernatural superstitions, with a particular focus on Asian cultures. This volume brings together a series of traditional Japanese ghost stories, as well as several first-hand accounts of unusual occurrences in the country. A must-read for fans of comparative mythology.
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This classic ghost story from the author of The Last Unicorn follows Jonathan who's been living in a cemetery with a raven as his only friend amongst the newly dead until he discovers a pair of ghostly lovers bearing an extraordinary gift-the final chance for his own happiness"--
11) Haunted legends
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A volume of 20 original short works presented in the style of traditional ghost stories includes contributions by such writers as Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford and Caitlin R. Kiernan, in an anthology co-edited by a Bram Stoker Award, Hugo Award and eight-time World Fantasy Award winner.
Author
Series
Publisher
Falcon Guides
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
HORROR & GHOST STORIES. 20 tales bursting at the seams with ghosts, graveyards, and things that go bump in the night Nothing goes better with gooey s'mores and a glowing campfire than a good ghost story. This collection of scary classics and frightening folktales will send shivers up anyone's spine. "Campfire Stories" includes original and classic stories of adventure, ghosts, and all the things you worry about when you hear something go bump in the...
13) Harvest house
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is volunteering at a new rural attraction: Harvest House. He's excited to take part in the fun, spooky show--until he learns that an actor playing the vengeful spirit of an "Indian maiden," a ghost inspired by local legend, will headline. Folklore aside, unusual things have been happening at night at the crossroads near Harvest House. A creepy man is stalking teenage girls and young women, particularly Indigenous...
16) Riddance
Author
Publisher
Black Balloon Publishing, an imprint of Catapult
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Jane Grandison, tormented by a stutter, is invited to live and study at The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children, founded in 1890 as a seeming sanctuary for children seeking to cure their speech impediments. However, the Headmistress has found that her students can channel ghostly voices through their handicapped utterances, communicating with the land of the dead, a realm that the Headmistress...
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Features stories from Grand Canyon, Everglades, Olympic, Glacier, and Joshua Tree National Parks and the Appalachian and Pacific Crest National Scenic Trails Includes a diverse range of writers Inspired by America's beloved national parks, Campfire Stories Volume II is a collection of modern prose, poetry, folklore, and more, featuring commissioned, new, and existing works from a diverse group of writers who share a deep appreciation of the natural...
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Author
Publisher
Black Lawrence Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
The thirteen stories in Rebecca Turkewitz's debut collection, Here in the Night, are engrossing, strange, eerie, and emotionally nuanced. With psychological insight and finely crafted prose, Here in the Night investigates the joys and constraints of womanhood, of queerness, and of intimacy. Preoccupied with all manner of hauntings, these stories traverse a boarding school in the Vermont woods, the jagged coast of Maine, an attic in suburban Massachusetts,...
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' bestselling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James.
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