Her friend Karen calls Allie a liar and doesn't want to hear "stuff like that." But her old pal, Dub, listens eagerly as Allie tells him about the voice that guides her down a steep cliff side, the girl she imagines who begs, "Help me," and a terrible nightmare in which that girl falls to her death. Who is that girl? Is she the ghost? And what does the ghost want from Allie? 01 Nutmeg Children's Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds 4-6),00-01 William Allen White Children's Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 Land of Enchantment Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 3-6), 00-01 Sequoyah Children's Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 Young Reader's Choice Award Program Masterlist, 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Masterlist(Grds 3-8), and The 2000 Texas Bluebonnet Award

    The most exciting book yet! More "special" stories, an all-new 'Russell Lee Interview' section and over 50 stories inside! A must-read, extra-special 10th book!

    His arrival in the town coincides with the annual enactment of the Danse Macabre, or Dance of Death, wherein thirteen monks from the abbey don skeleton costumes and proceed through the streets. When Mr Metfield returns to the crypt, however, he is horrified to find that only twelve skeletons remain. Where is the thirteenth? And how many figures are taking part in the Dance of Death in the streets outside?In ‘The Ossuary’ and fifteen other stories in this new collection, Steve Duffy evokes the Golden Age of the ghost story with practised ease. Set mainly in the period between the Wars, the stories in The Night Comes On are consciously ‘Jamesian’ in style and setting. They feature libraries and academics and great old country houses, colleges and branch railway-stations and cathedrals; and, of course, any number of things less easily defined, which lie in wait for the foolish, the unwary, or the unlucky. The protagonists come through their adventures alive—though not always. And while they may be more or less intact in physical terms, they usually have a new insight into things for which they once had little time and less respect.Ash-Tree Press is proud to be publishing the work of startling new talent Steve Duffy. His stories will thrill lovers of the classic ghost story and will, undoubtedly, become classics in their own right.Jacket art by Douglas Walters.Contents: Introduction by Steve Duffy; ‘The Night Comes On’; ‘Out of the Water, Out of the Earth’; ‘The Close at Chadminster’; ‘The Last of the Scarisfields’; ‘The Hunter and His Quarry’; ‘The Ossuary’; ‘Running Dogs’; ‘One Over’; ‘Figures on a Hillside’; ‘Ex Libris’; ‘The Story of a Malediction’; ‘The Vicar of Wryde St Luke’; ‘The Marsh Warden’; ‘The Return Journey’; ‘Nigrendo’; ‘Tidesend’; Notes on the Stories.

    Violent ghosts, lost souls, and strange specters all wander spookily through these stories--and the creepy illustrations heighten the horror. Read a bone-chilling account of a night in a haunted house, and of a ghost who scared a dog to death. What would you do if a spirit kept messing things up after you, stealing clothes and food, and trying to wrap you in its arms? And one museum in Toronto appears to have more on the grounds than just fine art! Fly through time with a pilot who saw into the future --and foretold tragedy. Watch with astonishment as poltergeists wreak havoc, tapping and banging, turning lights on and off, and throwing over furniture. Meet a doll you won't want to play with, and a demonic hairdresser who'll really give you a bad hair day! The spirit of one sad boy, though, wanted only to see justice done. Many first-hand accounts tell of ghost ships, runaway trains, and phantom planes. Could they be true? Engineer J.M. Pinkney thought so. During a train voyage in 1892 he watched horrified as a fast-moving locomotive headed directly for his train. Pinkney didn't believe his friends when they claimed that the "daredevil driver" was a dead man, until he learned that the train had arrived safely at the station--without any driver. Don't let the icy grip of fear grow too tight--if you can help it! Sterling 352 pages, 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

    Twenty hair-raising illustrations highlight creepy classic and contemporary stories from Australia, Germany, India, El Salvador, and more, including a healthy helping of American apparitions. Do you dare walk down the lane where "Crooker Waits"? Or would you rather shake "The Hairy Hands"? These vivid retellings will keep readers and listeners on the edge of their seats, while thorough source notes are a boon to students and teachers. A supernatural treat for spine-chilling fun!

    San Souci. The tales are adapted from people like Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Brothers Grimm, and Lafcadio Hearn and cultures like Russia, Costa Rica, and Iceland. Among the 30 short stories are: The Robber Bridegroom Jack Frost The Waterfall of Ghosts The Soldier and the Vampire The Death Waltz The Halloween PonyRead them all -- if you dare!

    Introduction by Richard Dalby 'Nightmare Jack''The Double Admiral''The Smoking Leg''The Grey House''The Tunnel''The Bad Lands''Mr Meldrum's Mania''Time-Fuse''Mortmain''Funeral March of a Marionette''Brenner's Boy''Not There''"Beyondaril"''The Firing-Chamber''The Renegade''The Childish Thing''The Feasting Dead'Afterword, 'A Forgotten Man' by Alexis Lykiard.

    James penned his essay 'Stories I have Tried to Write', he left several plot ideas for, as he wrote, 'the benefit of somebody else'. One writer who appreciated James's generosity was Sheila Hodgson, who determined to bring some of his ideas to fruition. This she did, skilfully using three of James's plots in her radio plays 'The Villa Martine', 'The Turning Point', and 'Come Follow!', two of which are narrated by 'Monty' himself. Then Hodgson went one step further, using the author as a character in the type of story with which he is so closely associated by enthusiasts of the classic supernatural tale.Thus we find Dr James involved in a 'witch hunt' in south-west England; searching for the missing pages of a mediaeval text in Scotland; puzzling over mysterious happenings in the ruins of Medborough Abbey; and piecing together the strange events behind the account of a centuries-old trial. The rather sceptical James—occasionally accompanied in his adventures by his somewhat reluctant friend and publisher, George Masterman—attempts to explain these events rationally; yet there always seems to be something which does not quite fit.In these twelve stories—eight of them based on radio plays—Sheila Hodgson has remained true to both the character and the spirit of M.R. James. The Fellow Travellers is a collection which will delight all lovers of the ghost story and its most famous practitioner.CONTENTS:Introduction by Sheila Hodgson'The Villa Martine''The Turning Point''The Lodestone''Childermass''The Backward Glance''The Boat Hook''The Fellow Travellers''The Hand of Gideon Chant''Echoes from the Abbey''Here Am I, Where Are You?''The Smile''Come, Follow!'

    It’s the real thing, told by an author who actually experienced most of the cases in this book — and even photographed them. On the rare occasions when he wasn’t an eyewitness, he uses first-hand sources, reliable press accounts and even government documents. Paul F. Eno is the ultimate storyteller. His breezy style, sympathetic treatment, wry wit and careful research will make you feel you’re actually at his side, working through some of the 20th century’s scariest, most remarkable cases of the paranormal in New England. And don’t open those curtains until daylight!

    However, the twelve stories in this collection well justify a place alongside those written by E. F. Benson, A. M. Burrage, H. R. Wakefield, and Eleanor Scott, and their author, Margery Lawrence, possessed a story-telling skill comparable to each of those more famous writers.The collection is formed by the narrations of members of a dining club, hosted by Saunderson, a man who undoubtedly had a liking for congenial, interesting company. Lawrence writes that 'the one unspoken rule, the Open Sesame to dine at Fat Frank Saunderson's, was to come armed with a story worth hearing . . . The rarer and more curious the better.' Prior to the Ash-Tree Press edition in 1998, these 'rare and curious' tales last appeared in print in 1947, and readers can now once more share and enjoy the stories of Hellier, Vesey, Lutyens, Otway, Ponting, Denison, and all the others who shared the hospitality of Saunderson.Margery Lawrence's narrative style will transport the reader to the comfortable, club-style atmosphere of a dining club of the 1920s. Her stories entertain, chill, even horrify—for here are twelve strange tales, undeservedly neglected tales, that deserve their place alongside the very best that the genre has to offer.

    Once again Mrs. Williams brings to light tangible evidence and eyewitness testimony in Best Tales of Texas Ghosts to validate an illusive world without dimension, one filled with bizarre and disturbing accounts of unexplained presences. After interviewing hundreds of people with firsthand experiences and personally witnessing eerie manifestations, she has concluded, "There are things happening all around us that can only be labeled as supernatural."