The grand-prize winner of a writing contest sponsored by the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, The Gold-Bug was one of Poe's most popular stories during his lifetime. Similar to his ratiocination tales-early versions of what we now call...
Ghosts
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
- Author:Ibbotson, Eva.Summary:
While spending the summer with elderly relatives at Clawstone Castle in northern England, Madlyn and her brother Rollo, with the help of several ghosts, attempt to save the rare cattle that live on the castle grounds.
- Author:Anson, JaySummary:
In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in that house. But the property...
- Author:Soto, GarySummary:
A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.
- Author:Lee, FoxgloveSummary:
Every family has its ghosts... It's December 1994 and Sylvie's spending Christmas in a small Canadian town where her father is renovating the creepy old house he grew up in. The mansion is haunted, according to local lore. Townsfolk are...
- Author:Atkinson, CaleSummary:
A ghost and a kid team up to solve mysteries. Busy writing a mystery, Simon is annoyed when Chester interrupts--until Chester finds a deerstalker hat ... "Forget playing pretend," Simon says, "let's become detectives!" Styling...
- Author:Belyk, Robert C.Summary:
The ghost of a scuba diver who still haunts the former British Columbia powerhouse where he met his death. An Alberta theatre where entities have been seen, heard, and even felt so often that it deserves to be called one of the most...
- Author:AviSummary:
When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by...
- Author:Cotter, CharisSummary:
Adapted from family stories told across Newfoundland and passed down over generations, these 10 spine-tingling tales traverse centuries and introduce readers to nooks and the Island's nooks and crannies. This spooky collection...
- Author:Fallenstein, J.Summary:
After a kayaking accident nearly kills Tyrell, he is glad to be home and recovering. However, one night at midnight, he sees a strange light flashing in the window of the abandoned factory down the road. The light is there again the...
- Author:BEAUMAN, SallySummary:
April 1951. It has been twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter, and twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter family's estate, was destroyed by fire. But Rebecca's...
- Author:Smith, BarbaraSummary:
Enjoy this collection of Ontario’s paranormal history by best-selling Ghost Stories author Barbara Smith. You’ll find tales from Timmons, Prescott, Gananoque, Mississauga, Gravenhurst, Toronto, Almonte, Kleinburg, Perth, Crosshill,...
- Author:DeWees, AmandaSummary:
Vivacious actress Sybil Ingram looks forward to a life of security when she leaves the theater in 1873 to marry a wealthy American. But when he dies suddenly on their wedding night, she finds herself a penniless widow. Her only legacy...
- Author:Ing, GraemeSummary:
A primeval fiend is loose in the ancient metropolis of Malkandrah, intent on burning it to a wasteland. The city's leaders stand idly by, and the sorcerers that once protected the people are long gone. Maldren, a young necromancer, is...
- Author:Zenko, Darren, Gideon, AmosSummary:
Embark on a journey into the spirit world of First Nations peoples with some of the most intriguing stories of ghost spirits in nature and the underworld. These stories have been passed on orally through countless generations and are...
- Author:Jessome, BillSummary:
Maritime Mysteries chronicles the restless spirits, ghostly apparitions, eerie poltergeists, and haunted houses that surround us. With its jagged seacoast, rich history, and a deep-rooted appreciation for the art of storytelling, the...
- Author:Tremaine, Julie, Bruni, AmySummary:
Star of Kindred Spirits and paranormal investigator Amy Bruni shares stories from her years of experiences with ghosts.
- Author:Lapierre, François, Marleau, PatrickSummary:
Arno Vaillancoeur a perdu sa mystérieuse amulette aux mains du vieux Anoki. Celui-ci tente désespérément de trouver des artéfacts surnaturels qui, une fois réunis, lui permettront de changer le pouvoir en Nouvelle-France. Mais il n’est...
- Author:Ariane GélinasSummary:
Un labyrinthe fluctuant au cœur de Montréal, des enfants mort-nés qui ensemencent un jardin, des êtres amphibies qui survivent dans un château médiéval... L'appel du désert près des oasis de Meira, le spectre d'une...
- Author:Johnson, PeteSummary:
Les pouvoirs fantomatiques de Charlie ont été portés à leurs limites dans les examens de l’École des esprits, mais il n’a pas le temps de s’endormir sur ses lauriers — Le Spectromaître a une mission urgente pour lui. Un fantôme...