Twenty-Five Ghost Stories
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Synopsis
Step beyond the veil of the living into a shadowy realm of specters, haunted houses, and unquiet spirits. Curated by W. Bob Holland, this chilling anthology gathers twenty-five eerie encounters that probe humanity's deepest dread of the unknown. Across these dark pages, tormented souls grapple with sinister obsessions and guilt-ridden psyches—from an unraveling man stalked by a vengeful black cat to unsuspecting travelers confronting phantasmal visitations and gruesome occurrences. Master storytellers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Guy de Maupassant join forces with forgotten masters of the macabre to summon uncanny tales filled with ominous omens and ghostly apparitions. With each spine-tingling narrative, the fragile boundary between rational thought and supernatural nightmare dissolves into breathless suspense. For anyone drawn to the mysterious existence veiled by death, this collection delivers classic thrills and cold dread that linger long after midnight.
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Contents · 26 chapters
- Preface
- The Black Cat
- The Flayed Hand
- The Vengeance of a Tree
- The Parlor-Car Ghost
- Ghost of Buckstown Inn
- The Burglar’s Ghost
- A Phantom Toe
- Mrs. Davenport’s Ghost
- The Phantom Woman
- The Phantom Hag
- From the Tomb
- Sandy’s Ghost
- The Ghosts of Red Creek
- The Spectre Bride
- How He Caught the Ghost
- Grand-Dame’s Ghost Story
- A Fight with a Ghost
- Colonel Halifax’s Ghost Story
- The Ghost of the Count
- The Old Mansion
- A Misfit Ghost
- An Unbidden Guest
- The Dead Woman’s Photograph
- The Ghost of a Live Man
- The Ghost of Washington
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