Short Ghost

Las ficciones tragicómicas reunidas en este libro tienen un común denominador: la irrupción de una voluntad avasalladora en las vidas de hombres y mujeres vulnerables que renacen o se desmoronan bajo el influjo de sus fantasmas. ¿En qué se transforman los seres proclives a dejarse invadir, ya sea en la entrega amorosa, en la idolatría, o en la sumisión a un artífice traicionero? Siete cuentos de humor negro relatan ese apocalipsis íntimo desde el ojo de la tormenta.

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. The son of Dublin intellectuals Oscar proved himself an outstanding classicist at Trinity College and then at Oxford. His only novel, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, was published in 1890 and he then moved on to writing for the stage with ‘Salome’ in 1891. His society comedies were enormous hits and turned him into one of the most successful writers of late Victorian London. This collection of light-hearted and witty stories was written by Oscar Wilde in 1891.

A group of women contemplate violence after they’re sent into foreign territory to make husbands of the enemy. A support network of traumatized joggers meets to discuss the bodies they’ve found on their runs. And a town replaces its Confederate monument with a rotating cast of local residents. Slippery but muscular, sly but electric, this stunning debut collection moves from horror to magical realism to satire with total authority. In these stories, characters build and remake their sense of home, be it with one another or within themselves.

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.

From witches and demons to haunted circuses and deals made with hidden consequences to ghosts and secrets buried in the past, Autumn Nights: 12 Chilling Tales for Midnight brings together the very best of spooky tales to tell under a harvest moon.

Ghost stories from the golden age. Six great writers weave their spell in creepy, insidious style.

This is the second in the new anthology series Stories to make you Shudder. Short stories have always had a place in our lives. Whether it was reading comics as a child, watching TV shows like Twilight Zone, Tales of the Unexpected or The Outer Limits, or indeed telling stories to friends and family. Everyone has a story to tell that sends shivers down the spine.

Smee is a crackling ghost story about a guest in a haunted house telling other visitors of the death of a young girl, years ago, playing a game of hide-and-seek.

A woman who went missing a week before her wedding. A man recalling his nightmarish encounter with the devil. Letters sent from beyond the grave. A call from loved ones, who since have passed. Limbs that have a mind of their own. These ghostly tales of revenge, greed, and desperation writhe and squirm in the dark corners of modern-day Indonesia.

10 Paranormal Stories: Vol 2 includes stories about fortune telling, capturing of souls in portraits, curse of a woman scorned, traveling through dimensions, mechanical and electrical disruptions, unexplained disappearances, spontaneous combustion, speaking with spirits, demon possession, and evil leading to murder. And these are just some of the things that this world considers paranormal.

No matter the occasion, this is the book for you! Dark Tales 4 is the fourth installment of tantalizing tales from Story Ninjas. In this collection, you'll find five scary stories to tell your friends. From haunted forests, to train gangs, this anthology has all kinds of spooky stories to make your spine tingle. What happens when you encounter fluffy creatures with hairless rabbit ears and beady eyes? Or what about demons on a train? Maybe you would prefer death by drowning? All of these stories and more await you in Dark Tales Volume 4.

A collection of seven classic short stories that draw us into that hidden world where fear is just around the next corner, and where loving hands can touch across the boundaries of death. Edith Nesbit, author and poet, was known for her over 60 adventurous children's stories; however, she was first known for her poetry and her venture into the supernatural short stories for adult audiences. She called her collection Grim Tales. Her classic style and imagery has proven to be ageless and inspirational to modern writers.

Mary Shelley had an abiding interest in the mysterious and the supernatural. In this atmospheric tale, she describes the nocturnal wanderings of an enigmatic figure in the woods, and the expectations and conclusions those who have witnessed its activities.

That’s what 27 writers want you to consider, here in this collection of the strange and terrible, the shocking and amazing, the frightening and awe-inspiring. Assembled here for easy perusal are some of the finest tales of ghosts, zombies, witches, cryptozoological freaks, monsters, and aliens of the past year.

Her face was clear and solid. Her eyes hallow as a log and she was rising at Martha’s feet. Martha became paralyzed. "God help me, in Jesus name I pray...in Jesus name I pray. God help me, he that is in me is greater than he that is in the world." She could feel the entity in the room, and she recognized the smell of smoke....

Något söker upp Jimmy om natten. En varelse som liknar hans pappa men som är något annat. I skuggorna väntar den på honom. Och när han minst anar det så visar den sitt hemska ansikte, sina gula ögon ... Cia Sigesgård är en svensk författare. Hon skriver framför allt skräck. Utöver sitt skrivande ägnar hon sig också åt fastighetsaffärer.

Vem är kvinnan vid sängens fotända? Varför är hon klädd i en gammaldags sjuksköterskeuniform? Varför saknar Jennifer ett ben? Efter att ha kommit till storstan bestämmer sig Jennifer för att göra sig kvitt sitt föregående liv. Inget har gått bra hittills nämligen. Hennes liv har slagits i spillror av konflikter och missbruk. Hon befinner sig på botten. Det kan inte bli värre nu. Eller...? Jens Daniel Burman är en svensk författare. Han skriver skräck i samma klassiska anda som filmskaparna Rob Zombie och Eli Roth.

En man har några västtyskar som middagsgäster. Samtidigt utspelar sig ett slagfält inom honom. Minnen sköljer över honom. Ond bråd död. Människor som drunknat. Blivit lynchade. Mördats. Allt framför ögonen på honom. Och kring bordet sitter några stela, uppstoppade människor och blänger på honom med glanslösa blickar ... Love Kölle är en svensk författare. Han har en fascination för klassisk kiosklitteratur och dess särskilda genrer. Till vardags arbetar han som arkivarie.

Ett gäng vänner från en internatskola träffas regelbundet. De berättar spökhistorier för varandra. Kvällarna de tillbringar tillsammans är fyllda av rysningar, obehag och kärlek dem emellan. Men de anar inte vad som långsamt håller på att hända. Det finns en hemlighet dem emellan som kommer att förändra deras vänskap för alltid ... Peter Erik Du Rietz är en svensk författare. Han skriver framför allt skräck och fantastik. Han har vunnit flera priser för sitt skrivande, inte minst för sin tid som copywriter i New York.

Enda sedan han var barn har han älskat att göra saker med händerna. Sy kläder, samla på saker. Hans mamma och systrar lärde honom, men efter att hans vilja förvreds till mer mänskliga material försökte de ta avstånd. Men det var redan för sent ... Nu, flera årtionden senare, har han bjudit in en ovetande besökare till sitt ståtliga hus. Det är dags för husesyn ... Helena Dahlgren är en svensk författare. Hon skriver främst inom fantastik- och skräckgenren.