Ghost Anthology

I’m different. I know I'm different because of my royal bloodline. Betrayed by my brothers, I’m still bound to my kingdom. Betrayed by my magical lover, I have a secret burden to bear. The last thing I wanted was to deal with was Oliver – The person responsible for my current torment. Having been captured by him during a heist, I'm now little more than his prisoner. The last time I saw him, I thought he would become my mate. Nearly a decade later, and that primal attraction is still there. I would never call him my lost love. More like the secret romance that never was . I know that ...

He’s been by my side my whole life. Soon I might lose him… I’ve had a bodyguard to protect me ever since I was nine. He’s seen me at my best and my worse. He’s comforted me when I’ve been down, and lifted me up higher when I’m happy. Trouble is, my father pays him. And I have to escape from my father. At all cost. Even if it means leaving the person who has protected me for most of my life. I wish I didn’t have to make this choice – but Mason would drag me right back to my father if he found out about my escape. Probably he’d pick me up in his claws and fly off in his ...

Jack's mother is a storyteller, a game-player. On an impulsive trip out to the family lake house, she spins a macabre tale for Jack and his father - a tale that, as the weekend progresses, Jack finds more and more difficult to untangle from his family's real life.

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.

As a child, Henry Cadmus lived on Catalina Island, a scenic vacationland off the Southern California coast. But Henry's experiences were far from idyllic. Today, even though Henry has seen firsthand the horrors of war, the ghastly images that haunt his dreams are ones he associates with his childhood... and the island: a snarling pig-man holding a cleaver; a jackal-headed woman on a high balcony, dripping blood; strange occult rituals... and worse. If it was up to Henry, he would avoid the island entirely.

Las ficciones tragicómicas reunidas en este libro tienen un común denominador: la irrupción de una voluntad avasalladora en las vidas de hombres y mujeres vulnerables que renacen o se desmoronan bajo el influjo de sus fantasmas. ¿En qué se transforman los seres proclives a dejarse invadir, ya sea en la entrega amorosa, en la idolatría, o en la sumisión a un artífice traicionero? Siete cuentos de humor negro relatan ese apocalipsis íntimo desde el ojo de la tormenta.

A spirit who appears in a law firm reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love, a man haunted by the trees cut down to build his house, nefarious specters that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows in which they live, and parakeets that serve as mouthpieces for the dead - these are just a few of the characters Kevin Brockmeier presents in this extraordinary compendium of spectral emanations and their wildly various purposes in (after) life.

These are stories that explore the scarred outposts of desperation and desire, sickness and death, sex and decay. Within this audiobook, you will also find the acclaimed novella Nearly People (nominated for awards by the International Horror Guild and the British Fantasy Society), in which a woman's search for food in a nightmarish city brings her attention from an enigmatic man known as The Dancer, and a host of terrible epiphanies.

This anthology of short stories contains many different elements fans of the horror and mystery genre will enjoy, such as: Time travel and playing around with the change of events. Zombies and outbreaks of the undead in apocalyptic scenarios. Survival in times when things get tough. Ghosts and the appearance of those from the other side to warn and scare their victims.

I want to succeed where my father failed. And I’m pinning all my hopes on a handsome werewolf stranger… Now that my father’s dead, I own his ranch, along with my two sisters. One sister wants it sold or razed, the other isn’t sure. But I want to make something of it. For that, I need help. So I hire someone. A shifter to help me spend my money wisely. I also hire him in place of my usual hook-ups. Matthew happens to be my type. He’s willing to consult, and willing to let me use him in any way I choose – as soon as I find myself in the mood for it. I can date him if I want, or ...

Running from the Elf King was a bad idea. But nothing will put me in a marriage this Christmas with the man who kidnapped me last year. The man who had my parents murdered. The problem is, Kagan’s Cross is like pretty much every other small town in Alaska—crawling with the king’s men. Nowhere is safe, especially since he’s made me an outlaw, and if I hadn’t been saved by the polar bear shifter, I’d probably be dead by now. But this sexy alpha male has a dark past of his own. And with Jared coming after me, this Christmas is going to be one hell of a rollercoaster. Author's Note:...

Welcome to another kind of terror as Peter Straub leads us into the outer reaches of the psyche. Here the master of the macabre is at his absolute best in seven exquisite tales of living, dying, and the terror that lies in between.

A young girl’s dollhouse comes alive at night, and its tiny residents possess a terrifying power. Fate stalks a young cult survivor as she struggles to escape a premonition of her own death. And a beautiful antique jewelry box reveals a dark hunger that threatens to consume its new owner....

The dead whisper in your nightmares...Their macabre mutterings keep you awake at night. Only you seem to hear their tales of demonic fiends, horrific hauntings, and restless spirits. It’s enough to drive you to the brink of madness...Scare Street brings you volumes five and six of Short Horror Stories in a single edition - five diabolical morsels of fear, brought together for your listening pleasure. And each addictive tale of terror is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat, dying to find out how it ends.

I never thought I’d have to kill a billionaire playboy... But here’s the thing: he’s a dragon shifter. At least, that’s the rumor. And dragons are dangerous—they burned my old town and thousands of people in it. I never wanted to become a hunter, but if I don’t deal with him, he could destroy this town... Did I mention I’m also his bodyguard? It’s a simple task: get close enough to the enemy and kill him. Thing is, nothing’s ever really simple with a dragon shifter, especially one as gorgeous and sexy as Chris. I want to kill him so badly, but that’s not the only ...

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.

Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections Dracula’s Guest (vampires) and The Dead Witness (detectives) have been widely praised, has gathered twelve of the best stories about humanity’s oldest supernatural obsession. The Phantom Coach includes tales by a surprising and often legendary cast, including Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as lost gems by forgotten masters such as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and W. F. Harvey. Amelia B. Edwards’s chilling story gives the collection its title, while Ambrose Bierce ("The Moonlit Road"), Elizabeth Gaskell ("The Old Nurse’s Story"), and W. W. Jacobs ("The Monkey’s Paw") will turn you white as a sheet. With a skillful introduction to the genre and notes on each story by Sims, The Phantom Coach is a spectacular collection of ghostly Victorian thrills.

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 ...

Scare Street journeys into the night to bring you a new volume of skin-crawling terror. This macabre collection contains 13 chilling tales of supernatural horror. And each story will sweep you away to a world of dark dreams and fantastical nightmares.... Some believe that if you see yourself die in your dreams, then your heart will stop. But that’s just an old wives’ tale, isn’t it?

A wonderful collection of 50 of the best classic ghost stories ever written. 'The Missing Model' by Lettice Galbraith, 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton, 'The Screaming Skull' by F. Marion Crawford, 'The Ghost in the Cupboard Room' by Wilkie Collins, 'The Shadow on the Blind' by Louisa Baldwin, 'A Ghost's Revenge' by Lettice Galbraith, 'The Lost Ghost' by Mary Wilkins-Freeman, 'On the Northern Ice' by Elia W. Peattie, 'The Cold Embrace' by Mary E. Braddon, 'The Dust Cloud' by E. F. Benson, and many more.