Ghost Anthology

From the vaults of the British Library comes a new anthology celebrating the best works of forgotten, never-since-republished supernatural fiction from the early 20th century. Waiting within are malevolent spirits eager to possess the living and mysterious spectral guardians - a diverse host of phantoms exhumed from the rare pages of literary magazines and newspaper serials to thrill once more.

Many consider "The Canterville Ghost" the most famous ghost story of all time. It is a parody featuring a dramatic spirit named Sir Simon and an American ambassador named Mr. Hiram B. Otis. Mr. Otis travels to England with his family and moves into a haunted castle. Lord Canterville, the previous owner of the castle, warns Mr. Otis that the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted the castle ever since he killed his wife, Eleonore, centuries ago.

Step into the enchanting world of "The Haunted Library," where magic and mystery await around every corner. Follow the adventures of Oliver and Mia as they uncover the secrets of Cloud Peak's grand library, a place where books whisper, ghosts roam, and every page holds a new and captivating tale. In this collection of fifteen unique chapters, listeners will embark on a journey through time and imagination. From the discovery of a mysterious bookcase that leads to hidden realms, to encounters with ghostly librarians and enchanted storybooks that come to life.

Ghost boy returns. It is the mid-1960s and the US is in thick of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and Red China. The country's greatest asset is Ghost Boy, a young genius with amazing supernatural powers, and his eight foot tall steel and chrome robot, Pops. Ripped from the pages of Jigsaw Comics, Ghost Boy returns in this collection of four brand new adventures.

Meng Jin’s critically acclaimed debut novel, Little Gods, was praised as “spectacular and emotionally polyphonic (Omar El-Akkad, BookPage), “powerful” (Washington Post), and “meticulously observed, daringly imagined” (Claire Messud). Now Jin turns her considerable talents to short fiction, in ten thematically linked stories.

A stolen kiss led to a fated trip neither of us foresaw. What started out as a wild opportunity has devolved into a flight for my life. I don’t know quite what to make of this wolfish man. He seems so sweet, yet something lurks behind those wild eyes. What I do know is that he has become my protector, my guardian. His effortless care and concern could mask something more primal. A part of me hopes so. I can feel our fake marriage becoming something more. A secret romance that can have no future. Y et I find myself wanting him, the hero who has stolen my heart. Author's Note: This is a ...

I’ve always had my own opinions about marriage. For example, with the right reward, I could be convinced to agree to a loveless marriage. As long as the guy knew that it was on my terms. Then I met Lucas, a wild alpha male shifter. He sees love as a game that is only won through escaping commitment. His lean shifter body shouldn’t be so desirable. But the more time we spent together, the more I knew I was losing his game. Could I possibly change his mind? Could he be rescued by my love? Or am I just another in a long line of his conquests? Author's Note: This is a steamy standalone with...

Jackie Baumgardner leads the effort to save the Lion's Head lighthouse, a treasured historical site in Lion's Head, New Hampshire, from being torn down. Jackie made his most earnest plea to not displace their local ghost by tearing down the lighthouse. The ghost of Captain John McLain, a Scottish seaman, was so grateful, he wanted to return the kindness. This is the story of Jackie Baumgardner's relationship with the ghost of Captain John McLain.

Francis is unhappy. Francis is picked on. Francis doesn't have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but that's behind him. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and all of Calliphora, Nevada, will shudder to hear him sing.

In this most recent collection of bone-chilling short stories, Scare Street’s roster of sadistic authors dig into the deepest, darkest recesses of our innermost fears to deliver a different kettle of horrors. Seamlessly weaving the suspenseful with the macabre, each story takes pleasure in taking you beyond the limits of what the human mind can endure.

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 The Twelve Ghosts of Christmas, you will even be chilled by the stories in the introduction to the book, never mind the devilish dozen true tales about eerie time slips, gory premonitions, heart-stopping exorcisms, heartbreaking tales of lost love, graveyard tricksters, and sinister old hags. Listen to a story about the devil that tempted a bishop with pleasures of the flesh in "The Missing Room" and of the titanic, ominous force that turned a 3,000-ton ship upside down and sent its crew of 75 into limbo, never to be seen again.

Wyatt can't help it: he screws things up, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose. But taking a shortcut home one day, he finds himself caught in the middle of a bizarre, dangerous situation, with one chance � maybe � to save a life.

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.

First Landing State Park. Antarctica. Mongolia. France. Norway. Ireland. Somerset. Egypt. A giant glacier in an unnamed land. What do all these places have in common? They're the perfect place to set a horror story, is what. In this collection of destination based tales of terror, Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award nominated author Gemma Amor (The Folly, Full Immersion, Six Rooms, Dear Laura) takes us on a series of adventures through the weird and the wonderful, the strange and the unexplainable, across the remotest, wildest parts of this world, and through lands yet to be discovered.

Whilst writer Charles Dickens needs no introduction, his Haunted House anthology might, not least because in his role as editor he introduces a formidable array of known and lesser-known literary talents.

A grisly spirit turns travelling companion for the unwitting passenger of a London bus; a repulsive neighbour returns from the grave, rejected by the very earth; an innocuous back garden becomes the stage for a nightmare encounter with druidic sacrifice. From deep in the British Library vaults emerges a new selection of E.F. Benson's most innovative, spine-tingling and satisfyingly dark 'spook stories'. Complete with an introduction exploring the fascinating story of Benson's life, and including the never-before-republished story 'Billy Comes Through'.

When memory fails you, how much trust can you put in a stranger? The scariest part of waking up was not that she was in a crypt – it was the fact that the woman couldn’t remember anything, including why she is there. Getting out of the City of the Dead is only her first challenge. When she stumbles upon a cold stranger, she feels like things might change, although she couldn’t say if it will be for better or worse. She is left to believe that the only reason he stays with her is out of morbid curiosity. Worse still, everywhere they go they encounter people who have the same vibe as ...

Welcome to the world of the paranormal enthusiast, where the line between the living and the dead is blurred. In this assortment of spine-tingling anthologies, you'll encounter true narratives from around the world about ghostly visitations from those who have passed on to the other side. Prepare to be haunted by these bone-chilling tales of the supernatural. You may never look at the world the same way again.

Railway tunnels, the lanes and hills of the Peak District, family homes, old stones, shreds fluttering on barbed wire, night drawing in, something that might be an animal shifting on the other side of a hedge: Tom has drawn on his lifelong love of weird fiction, folklore and nature's unregarded corners, to write a collection of stories that will delight fans, old and new, and leave them very uneasy about turning the lamp off.