After that they became friends , and gradually as the days passed , the little girl realized that the Thingummyjig was not only funny , but clever . When something nasty was going to happen he generally managed to appear and warn her .
Over 25 short story masterpieces from writers such as Louis de Bernières and Ian Rankin - modern literary tales to chill the blood.
As Scarborough says in her introduction to this volume: “Ghosts are the true immortals, and the dead grow more alive all the time.” The deceased and their mysterious spirits prove to be a source of endless fascination in the stories ...
They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts.
If so, this a must read, this book is a collection of 15 ghost stories. Famous Modern Ghost Stories, as one reviewer said, some of these stories chilled me to the bone, while others were slightly scary and a little nerve-racking.
Illustrated in full color. ""Who's that tapping at my window"?" This classy collection and gorgeous gift volume of seventeen modern ghost stories is a refreshing antidote to all the gross...
'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names.' The Sunday Times 'These eerie, unsettling stories are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.
An entertaining selection of "modern" ghost stories selected "to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of modern ghosts, as well as to show the art of individual stories...
An anthology of more than 80 short horror tales spans more than a century of writing, from the Victorian and Edwardian gothic works of Kipling and Saki, to the pulp era's shock tales by August Derleth and Henry S. Whitehead, to modern ...
This book is considered a classic for all that it offers and is far superior than todays pale imitations, this collection goes deep into the mind of morbid.
And another fact that struck me as strange was that the words that floated to me out of the aerial music were French, half sad, half gay snatches of some long-dead singer of old France, I looked about for the origin of the sweet sounds, ...