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The House of the Nightmare is a short story by Edward Lucas White, originally published in 1906. The narrative follows a man who, after crashing his car, seeks shelter in a peculiar house for the night. The story is known for its eerie atmosphere. Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) was an American writer and poet, best remembered for his fantasy horror stories inspired by his nightmares. He authored several historical novels but is particularly noted for his supernatural tales, including "The House of the Nightmare" and "Lukundoo". The Elemental is a short story by Frank Belknap Long, included in his collection The Early Long. Long was a prolific American writer known for his contributions to horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and gothic romance. His writing career spanned seven decades, and he is particularly noted for his early contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos alongside his friend H. P. Lovecraft
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"The Lost, Strayed, Stolen" is a short story by M.F.K. Fisher. The story follows an American visiting an old friend in Britain and encounters spirits living with them. Fisher's tale is known for its subtle and chilling narrative.
The Upturned Face was written by Stephen Crane who is best known for The Red Badge of Courage.
Excerpt:“'What will we do now?' said the adjutant, troubled and excited.“ 'Bury him,' said Timothy Lean. The two officers looked down close to their toes where lay the body of their comrade. The face was chalk-blue; gleaming eyes stared at the sky. Over the two upright figures was a windy sound of bullets, and on the top of the hill Lean’s prostrate company of Spitzbergen infantry was firing measured volleys." Florinda by Shamus Frazer is a story about a child's imaginary friend and a mother and father coming apart under the weight of a sizable inherited property. Dead Men's Bones by Edith Olivier was published in 1933. When Southover church was under construction, workmen excavated a pile of bones indicating that the site had once been a burial ground. The remains are stored away en masse. A young girl is given the job of locking the vault for the night and walks in on a huge commotion. The bones are trying to sort themselves out. 
Tales of the supernatural have been around as long as people have been telling stories and it's at the heart of why ghost stories continue to fascinate, scare and entertain people, especially the old-fashioned ones.
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By Sax Roehmer: The Curse of a Thousand Kisses 
Suddenly out of the dark came the noise of a great ship. Our engines were reversed, but not in time, and she struck us amidships. I cowered down. . . . But there was no crash, no shock, no grinding of splintered wood and steel. . . . I began to stare round me. There was the deck unoccupied . . . exactly as it had been when we were struck. There were the smoke-stacks and boats, and altogether the familiar outline of the ship. “The Flying Teuton”, first published in 1917, was one of the most discussed stories of its day. Critics hailed it as one of the best stories of the year, and the New York Times said that this one story would have been sufficient to make the reputation of a new writer. Its author, however, was not a new voice in the world of letters, but one of the most in-demand contributors to the periodicals of the day. 
When it comes to the supernatural, it all comes down to being at the right place, at the right time.
No Eye-Witnesses is a short story by Henry S. Whitehead, originally published in 1932 in Weird Tales. The story follows Everard Simon, who experiences a strange and unsettling event in Flatbush, New York, after his shoes become caked with blood and forest mold—evidence of a violent encounter involving a creature known as Jerry the Wolf. The narrative explores themes of guilt, memory, and the supernatural, typical of Whitehead’s work, which often draws on Caribbean folklore and the occult. Whitehead, a former Episcopal minister and close friend of H.P. Lovecraft, wrote several stories set in the Virgin Islands and other exotic locales. The First Comer is a ghost story by B. M. Croker, first published in 1896. The tale is set in Ireland and centers on a mysterious and unsettling event involving a man who returns to his ancestral home after years away, only to encounter a haunting presence tied to the house's past.  Chet Burke's adventure in a haunted house. | Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer 
What happens when the dead no longer rest in peace? |
The Dead and the Countess was written by Gertrude Atherton published in 1905. Excerpt: "It was an old cemetery, and they had been long dead. Those who died nowadays were put in the new burying-place on the hill, close to the Bois d'Amour and within sound of the bells that called the living to mass. But the little church where the mass was celebrated stood faithfully beside the older dead; a new church, indeed, had not been built in that forgotten corner of Finisterre for centuries, not since the calvary on its pile of stones had been raised in the tiny square, surrounded then, as now, perhaps, by gray naked cottages; not since the castle with its round tower, down on the river, had been erected for the Counts of Croisac." 
What is the worse place a phantom could take up residence, in your house or your head?
Napier Court is a short horror story written by author Ramsey Campbell. The story follows Alma, a young woman living in a large Victorian house named Napier Court, who becomes increasingly unsettled by strange occurrences— particularly figures glimpsed in mirrors and shadows in the hallway—while recovering from illness and attempting to gain independence from her overbearing parents. 
Two classic stories that tell how thin is the veil between the living and the dead.
The Shadow by Edith Nesbit is a chilling Victorian ghost story first published in 1905 as "Portent of the Shadow" in the magazine Black and White. A group of young women at a country house stay up late after a Christmas ball, sharing ghost stories. The story’s centerpiece is a tale told by Miss Eastwich, the reserved and stoic housekeeper, about a haunting she experienced twenty years prior. Transition is a poignant Christmas ghost story by Algernon Blackwood about John Mudbury, an ordinary man who dies in a traffic accident while carrying holiday gifts. Oblivious to his death, his spirit travels home, experiencing a surreal,, and ultimately peaceful, transition into the afterlife, realizing his family's enduring love. 
A haunted barn in the English countryside, a perfect setting for a ghost story. | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Beware the last room left at the inn, especially the one with a sinister and dark cupboard, with something inside that is waiting for nightfall.
A lonely crossroads where the townspeople make sure never to be caught at after dark, all in fear of the touch of the bogle.
Some true ghost stories of a ghost hunter who visited some of the most haunted houses in England at the turn of the century.
Elliott O'Donnell (1872-1965) was an English author known primarily for his books about ghosts. O'Donnell claimed to have seen a ghost in his bedroom when he was five years old, describing it as an elemental figure covered with "fulsome-looking yellow spots". As a student in Dublin he claimed to have seen an "odd-looking, yellow hand" emerge from behind a curtain in a friend's lodgings, which revealed itself to be an entity made from "vibrating, luminous matter" which shortly vanished. He reported encountering a similar "yellow phantasm" a decade later in Plymouth. As a young man he traveled to the United States instead, working on a cattle range in Oregon and becoming a policeman during the Chicago Railway Strike of 1894. Returning to England on the SS Elbe, he worked there as a schoolmaster and trained for theatre in London. In 1905 he married Ada O'Donnell and served in the British army in World War I, later acting on stage and in movies. His first book, written in his spare time, was a psychic thriller titled For Satan's Sake (1904). O'Donnell wrote for numerous magazines, including Weird Tales.
An encounter in a dark basement with a ghost who is sightless, what else can she do but to touch you?
A family cursed by a banshee, which is worse the death of a family member or the visitation of this messenger?
Two stories about those who have gone into the afterlife, unable to rest in peace because of unfinished business they had when they were alive.
Dead Trouble by Aidan Chamber tells about the reality of the afterlife and being a ghost. It's not what one expects. The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas is a Scottish ghost story about ghastly ghouls and Gaelic supersistions. 
These two ghostly tales prove that even beyond the grave the shades of those who are not at peace will not be silenced.
In Black Gold by Thorp McClusky, Henry Cabot Wade's seafaring family, once wealthy has fallen on hard times. He follows a map left by a sea captain ancestor, and so he hires a ship and diver to retrieve the hoped for treasure. With his fiancée Evelyn by his side he goes fortune hunting, question is: will it be good or bad? In the Burned House by Vincent O'Sullivan a lost traveler discovers a desolate, deserted house in the middle of nowhere. What mysteries haunt the large, abandoned building, and why does it suddenly burst into flames? 
A convict on the run makes his way into Chinatown, not realizing that he has not escaped after all.
Written by Ronal Kayser using the pseudonym of Dale Clark, who started getting published in 1934. His stories appeared in Weird Tales, The Unique Magazine, Argosy, Terror Tales, Detective Story Magazine, Detective Fiction and Detective Fiction Weekly among others. |
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