What is a ghost and what do they do?
A ghost is considered to be the spirit of a dead person. Scientists say there are no real ghosts, but many believe that there are. There are many stories about ghosts in books and movies. Sometimes the ghosts in these stories exist because of some problem the person had during life that was not solved before he or she died, or to say goodbye to loved ones. The ghost stays on earth truing to fix the problem. Once fixed, the ghost can leave the earth.
Do you dare to partake of the following award winning ghost novels?:
The Woman In Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill (2012)
Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor, travels to the north of England to settle the estate of Alice Drablow, but unexpectedly encounters a series of sinster events.
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (2007)
A collector of obscure and macabre artifacts, unscrupulous metal band musician Judas Coyne is unable to resist purchasing a ghost over the Internet, which turns out to be the vengeful spirit of his late girlfriend's stepfather.
Turn of the Screw by Henry James (1898)
The story unfolds with the arrival of a new governess at a remote country estate. She has been hired by the uncle of two young orphans to take complete charge of the children's lives and upbringing. Her first peaceful weeks are disturbed by the apparition of the ghosts of two evil servants who once served in the house.
In the Night Room by Peter Straub (2004)
Willy Patrick finds her life intersecting with that of a stranger, Timothy Underhill, when she experiences an eerie event involving the death of her daughter and Timothy receives communications from dead people he had known in his youth.
Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons (2002)
Returning to the small Illinois town of his childhood to pick up the pieces of his shattered life, Dale Stewart leases an empty farmhouse of a long-dead friend, who had been murdered in the summer of 1960, and finds that the house is haunted.
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons (1995)
The house next door to the Kennedys appears to be haunted by a mysterious, all-pervasive evil, and the couple watches in horror as a succession of owners becomes engulfed by the same sinister force, until the Kennedys set out to destroy the house themselves.
Ghost Story by Peter Straub (1979)
Questions arise concerning the connections between a strangely detached young girl's captivity in a seedy Florida motel, a death that occurs at a party for a visiting actress, and a young California instructor's obsession with one of his students.
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood (1973)
Thirteen short stories by the English supernaturalist demonstrate his mastery at evoking feelings of mysticism and cosmic experience and his skill in creating an atmosphere of unrelieved horror.
Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959)
An 80-year-old mansion harboring dark secrets comes to menacing life in this classic spine-tingling tale from Shirley Jackson. Anthropologist and ghost hunter Dr. John Montague invites four strangers to stay in haunted Hill House for the summer. One of the guests is 32-year-old Eleanor, for whom three months in a haunted house is preferable to caring for her invalid mother. Soon, Eleanor begins to see and hear things that the other guests cannot. Is it all in her imagination, or is she the only one who can perceive the evil that lurks in Hill House? --
Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
A selection of Poe's poetry and sixteen of his best-known tales, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," and "The Pit and the Pendulum."..
Don't shudder, just continue reading, but keep looking over your shoulder . . .
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