"Scare yourself silly with old favorites by Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James. Entertain the unnerving with tales from Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link and Audrey Niffenegger herself. And as bedtime nears, allay your fears with funny new writing from Amy Giacalone and the classic wit of Saki. When the nights draw in and the fire burns low, enjoy the eeriness, the dread and the comedy of all things ghostly." -- From dust jacket.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.

A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the "psychic" visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of...

Jules, whose father is restoring an abandoned house, and a young girl, who lived there a century before, begin to communicate and slowly, the girl's tragic story is revealed, in a story told in the voices of Jules and the ghost.

Molly Duff has been looking forward to spending a weekend at camp with the Pee Wee Scouts, but when they are all in their tents for the night, she hears a ghostly voice -- is it a tiger, or maybe a ghost?

Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor, travels to the north of England to settle the estate of Alice Drablow, but unexpectedly encounters a series of sinster events.

Read 33 chilling ghost stories about reportedly true encounters with the supernatural in Minnesota. The ghost of a murder victim repeatedly attacking a woman in her sleep, a jealous spirit pushing people down the stairs, a helpful phantom guiding a loved one to a vital missing document-Minnesota is one of the most haunted states in America. This collection of ghost stories presents the freakiest, most surprising tales in the Land of 10,000 Lakes! Minnesota...

"Jared and his mom are taking a shortcut through Woodland Cemetery at night when they encounter a disoriented girl. They drive her to her home on a desolate road out of town. When they arrive, they realize the girl has vanished. The house looks deserted, but a porch light turns on and an upstairs window creaks open. They ask about the girl, and an old woman's voice assures them everything is fine. After conducting some research, Jared learns about...

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