Ghost Anthology

Journey into the gothic heart of the past! This series uncovers the forgotten ghost stories that captivated readers in the roaring 20s. Experience the chilling atmosphere of a world on the brink of change, where the lines between reality and the supernatural blurred. Explore the macabre tales of haunted houses, vengeful spirits, and the chilling power of the unknown.

M.R. James (1862-1936) was provost of King's College, Cambridge, and Eton College. He was a highly regarded scholar and academic in his time but today is remembered for his ghost stories, which are considered among the finest in the genre. The seven stories in this Volume One are: "A School Story", "Rats", "A Warning to the Curious", "Two Doctors", "The Haunted Doll's House", "Casting the Runes", "There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard".

A teenager defends her brother from a ravenous creature that feeds on sick children. Dystopian nightmares drive a man into the wilderness, where he learns that freedom comes with a high price. And a comet passing over the Earth rids the planet of the vermin infesting its surface. Scare Street is proud to present 12 chilling tales of the supernatural, in one monstrous volume. This ghastly collection of short stories is your ticket to the world of dark nightmares and sinister dreams.

A gripping gothic page-turner told in a startlingly different and wonderfully captivating voice. In a remote and crumbling New England mansion, 12-year-old orphan Florence is neglected by her guardian uncle and banned from reading. Left to her own devices she devours books in secret and talks to herself in a unique language of her own invention. By night, she sleepwalks the corridors and is troubled by a recurrent dream in which a mysterious woman appears to threaten her younger brother Giles.

This is the unabridged recording of M R James' excellent story "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book". Read by David Collings it is sure to scare and delight in equal measure!

Ghosts, monsters, and the horrors of the human mind are just some of the scary things awaiting you in this collection of Christmas-themed flash fiction stories. Some stories are right at 300 words. Some are over 1,000. All are ready to give you the creeps. Christmas Creeps! This is the third book in the series, but they can be read in any order. This final volume contains: Cookies for Santa The Last Holiday Karen and the Christmas Monster and nine more creepy little stories to keep you scared and reading during the holidays.

This unique collection features some of the best short stories every written. It includes, "The Monkey's Paw" and "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs; "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin; "A Winter Courtship" by Sarah Orne Jewett; "The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Shelley; "The Revolt of Mother" and "A New England Nun" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" and "Markheim" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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.

Prepare to be terrified with four bone-chilling tales that will keep you up long after the last page is turned. "Echoes of the Unseen" takes you on a journey through haunted spaces where reality bends and nightmares come alive. In this gripping collection, you'll encounter: - A group of friends who awaken a malevolent presence while creating the ultimate haunted house attraction - An architect uncovering cosmic horrors in an abandoned train station - A novelist trapped in a Victorian mansion where the seasons themselves hold captive souls - Three children who discover a treehouse that ...

The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. There the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray.

You can run but you can't hide. During a camping trip to the Catskill Mountains, Charlotte's boyfriend Luke, a former soldier suffering PTSD, goes on a rampage, nearly killing Charlotte and her two friends. A year later, Charlotte is a graduate student in the small college town of Ashenville, North Carolina. Yet her new life is shattered when Luke, recently released from prison, shows up.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story "Casting The Runes". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story "Martin's Close". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Cotswold Explorer brings you another collection of spooky tales ranging from haunted houses and bounding werewolves, to tongue-in-cheek tales of reincarnation.

A spine-tingling collection of classic ghost stories – a perfect way to pass those long winter nights! This set contains "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant, "Sredni Vashtar" by Saki, "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling, "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James and "The Furnished Room" by O. Henry.

On a dark desert highway, hidden from sight, there is a place that exists just beyond the shadows. A place that calls to the broken, the lost, and the tormented who wander the desolate roads of night. Temptation to leave the world behind presents itself as a beautiful seductress offering a variety of exquisite pleasures, luring you further into the dream. But elegant parties and pretty faces quickly dissolve into the stuff of nightmares as the door closes and the feast begins.

Read at your own risk. Every horrific short story in this book is based on a real nightmare. These stories may keep you up at night or make you have nightmares yourself. Author Blake Arledge became interested in horror at an early age. He has followed the movies and read the short stories. In fact, he dreams in horror stories. Some would call such dreams nightmares and become upset having them. Blake on the other hand, writes them down, knowing someday those dreams might inspire a good story. Blake relishes the opportunity to hear of other people's nightmares. Not because he enjoys their ...

From the number one best-selling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three Gothic novellas - Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch - perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story "Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Stranded in the center of Grand Central Station, a pretentious nightmare of a woman who makes everyone else's life hell finds she has a first class compartment on a very special train....