Ghost Anthology

First you discover you might have some supernatural helpers on your lonely third shift job. And then you discover that even supernatural helpers sometimes need human assistance....

Sit back, turn the lights down low, and get ready for the scare of your life with 8 Short Stories from '31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead' by Drac Von Stoller. Immerse yourself in some of the most horrifying short stories ever told, including "A Visit from the Greys (Aliens)", "Death in the Wilderness", "The Impaler", "The Phantom Miner", "2012: The End?", "Curse of the Crystal Skull", "The Haunted Bridge", and "The Killer in the Back Seat".

A selection of some of the best short stories about vampires ever written. Includes 'The Vampire Maid' by Hume Nisbet, 'Fragment of a Novel' by Lord Byron, 'Dracula's Guest' by Bram Stoker, and 'Count Magnus' by M.R. James.

Akakij Akakievic Basmackin è un mite impiegato, deriso dai colleghi, copiatore di lettere ad un ministero, così povero da dover risparmiare un intero anno per potersi far fare un nuovo cappotto dal sarto. La felicità di sfoggiarlo dura un solo giorno: la sera stessa viene assalito e derubato del suo bene prezioso. La polizia lo tratta malamente e non riesce neppure una colletta tra i colleghi. Dopo pochi giorni Akakij Akakievuc muore di disperazione e di freddo.

In this creepy anthology you will hear real-life stories of those that did not heed that warning and went on to use one anyway...and let's just say none of them turned out well.

This anthology details encounters with ghosts, loved ones that have passed, evil spirits, lost entities, devious spectors, and haunting encounters that’ll send a chill of dread tickling up your spine. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s almost certainly a ghost or two reading over your shoulder now. This anthology makes a great gift for the horror fan in your life, perfect for the storyteller that loves to scare others around a campfire, or for anyone who thinks ghosts aren’t real!

Emily arrives at Westbury Hall with a job to do. She's to clean and conserve all of the books in the impressive library, preserving them for future generations. Not long into her stay at the house, she bumps into the night guard, George. She'd expected an old, balding guy with a comb-over, so the hunky chap she actually meets is a very pleasant surprise.

When Stephanie and Jenny go to a murder mystery Halloween weekend at Wilderhope Manor, they're expecting fun and games. But following creaky floorboards, spooky noises and an alarming encounter in the manor's grounds, the girls begin to wonder if there's more to Wilderhope Manor than meets the eye. As they find frequent comfort in one another's arms - and their bed - will the girls discover what's causing the bumps in the night, or will they run scared?

The Ghost in My iPad is about a middle school boy, helped by a ghost, who solves the mystery surrounding the kidnappings of young girls. During recent holidays, another girl has vanished. Jengo Allbright wants to find who is responsible and rescue the girls so they can return to their families. With the help of a friendly ghost and trusted friends, he begins a search for them. Will Jengo catch the Holiday Snatcher and save the girls?

Around three and a half thousand years ago, members of a small community of Bronze Age people spent several days away from their usual activities of farming, hunting, weaving and food processing in order to construct a burial mound.

The themes that thread through these nine accomplished stories are drawn from the great tradition of the twentieth-century weird tale, and they are suffused with a distinctly cosmopolitan European feel. The White Hands: You may recall Alfred Muswell, he whom devotees of the weird tale will know as the author of numerous articles on the subject of literary ghost stories but who died in relative obscurity just over a year ago.

"Die krumme Janet" (engl. "Thrawn Janet") ist eine Kurzgeschichte des schottischen Schriftstellers Robert Louis Stevenson aus dem Jahr 1881, die 1887 in der Sammlung "Die tollen Männer und andere Geschichten" (engl. "The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables") bei Chatto & Windus erschien. Der Autor hat die kleine Gespenstergeschichte während eines Aufenthaltes im schottischen Hochland verfasst. Kritiker nennen den Text "seit je als eins seiner Meisterstücke".

Eve does not enjoy making the long drive through the mountains and forests along Ortega Highway 74. In fact, she’s terrified to drive it—especially at night. She’d been warned since childhood of how haunted the road was.

Earl is in deep mourning over the passing of his terrier, Jack-Jack…until a hurricane comes to town with winds so violent that they blow aside even reality itself.

A time so very long ago decided the very fate of our race. Men and women once survived below the core of the Earth's crust. Our faces, banished from the warmth of the sun, and left to the darkness and the cold stone. Visit a world where Vampires, Witches, Elementals, Demons and Humans once ruled the land. In the fifth part, Gerwulf faces the Vampire Grythe and Alex learns of his Destiny.

Nel bel mezzo di un'accesa discussione sull'esistenza del soprannaturale, Porfirji Kapotonic racconta del fantasma canino che tutte le notti, accucciato sotto il suo letto, con i suoi ululati gli impediva di dormire. Ma quel fantasma canino recava un messaggio che gli avrebbe cambiato la vita.

Al centro di questo racconto di Tarchetti vi è una visita inaspettata che terrorizzerà il protagonista e stupirà l'ascoltatore.

With every minute that passes, a new terror is unleashed.... An unwitting antique shopper releases a vicious evil spirit from its ancient prison. A dark ritual turns a woman obsessed with supernatural powers against the people who love her most. A possessed TV proves that old B-Movie monsters can still terrify an unsuspecting audience...Scare Street’s roster of authors brings you 11 new tales of supernatural horror, in one blood-chilling volume. This macabre collection of short stories is guaranteed to get your pulse racing, and send shivers down your spine.

She couldn't imagine living without him. After Carson Black's longtime crush and best friend, Randall Stokes, dies in a motorcycle accident, she openly weeps at his funeral. In the ensuing days and weeks of inconsolable grief, she hears his voice, smells his scent, feels his desires. She must be going mad. He was afraid to demand what he needed.

Oscar Wilde's wit and meaning is at its best in this ghost story, considered by many the best ever written. Wilde's dialogue lends himself to narration because of his quick wit and delivery. Here he presents a traditional English ghost that Americans refuse to accept, but both parties finally work together to end the controversy. One of the great short stories of all time.