Best of
Ghosts

2005

The Bake Shop Ghost


Jacqueline K. Ogburn - 2005
    But now Cora Lee haunts the shop she used to own.When new bakers arrive to take over her empty bake shop, Cora Lee scares them away, each and every one. Then Annie Washington comes to town . . .Jacqueline K. Ogburn and Marjorie Priceman combine their talents to give us an enchanting baker’s battle in this story about how to unlock the secrets of the perfect recipe and a lonely heart.

The Ghost's Grave


Peg Kehret - 2005
    Willie has been waiting years for some kind soul to dig up his leg and rebury it with the rest of him--only then will he be at peace. Josh agrees to do the grisly deed, but when he digs in the old cemetery, he finds more than Willie's leg bones! Who buried the box of cash in the grave, and why? How far will that person go to get the money back? The Ghost's Grave is a deliciously spooky adventure from a master of suspense.

Toumei na Sekai


Hiro Fujiwara - 2005
    One day she finds out that Makoto had passed away, due to his weak heart condition. When she heard this, she was heart broken. While wandering near a lake, one day, she spots Makoto's best friend and behind him was Makoto himself! "What, but I thought you died!?!"

Encyclopedia of Haunted Places: Ghostly Locales from Around the World


Jeff Belanger - 2005
    Research notes, location background, first-hand accounts, and many anomalous photographs featuring ghostly manifestations comprise the hundreds of haunted listings in this directory.

Cry in the Dark (Black Cats)


Dee Shulman - 2005
    Ben breaks into the empty house next door and discovers a family of children suffering at the hands of their drunk and abusive father. Ben has to befriend someone from the family's own time to contact their relatives and rescue them, hence a combination of modern sleuthing and contemporary letter-writing to achieve the desired end.

Fever Dream Ghost Book


Kevin Fanning - 2005
    A collection of 15 short stories about different kinds of ghosts.

Haunted President "The History, Hauntings & Supernatural Life of Abraham Lincoln"


Troy Taylor - 2005
    Learn about the president's dark visions, his obsession with the death of his son Willie, the secrets of Lincoln's Tomb and more.

The Ghosts of Virginia, Volume X


L.B. Taylor Jr. - 2005
    Nearly 200 "fresh" encounters with ghosts, goblins, poltergeists, the disembodied, wraiths, haunted houses, and objects, including communications with the dead, Civil War spirits, haunting humor, cemetery and funeral eccentricities, and much more - all across the commonwealth - from Alexandria to Abingdon, from Appalachia to the Eastern Shore - these legends, lore, unexplained phenomena and real-life experiences, mixed with historical vignettes are all part of Virginia's storied heritage.

Beyond Spirit Tailings


Ellen Baumler - 2005
    Passed down through generations, these stories illustrate the subtle presence of the past in the everyday lives of modern Montanans.

A Paranormal Casebook: Ghost Hunting in the New Millennium


Loyd Auerbach - 2005
    A parapsychologist and paranormal investigator, the author of this volume plumbs 25 years of experience to create a personal and captivating account of events both common and uncommon to the field of paranormal research. Anecdotes and studies in this volume run the gamut from encounters with intelligent entities and imprints of past events to peculiar moving objects to those events that may seem paranormal but actually have common explanations. Major research centers and related resources are discussed, and advice is given on how to judge the credibility of self-professed ghost hunters.

Reign of Silence


Tony Martin - 2005
    After the mysterious death of her parents, Meredith Dubose, last descendent of an aristocratic Southern family, experiences - what a Psychological trauma! A true haunting in the family mansion! A demonic siege!

Tigh at Bhreithimh


Brian J. Showers - 2005
    But when the forgotten secrets of the desolate landscape want to be remembered, he learns a lesson in fear, one more terrifying than any tale he could ever write. In the tradition of M.R. James and J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Brian J. Showers's Tigh an Bhreithimh is a tale that is sure to please fans of the traditional ghost story.

Ghost of a Chance


Felicia Forella - 2005
    She never imagined ghosts were so handsome or so doable. Who knew she'd find love with a man who died forty years earlier and who can only gain his Heavenly reward with her help? Why, oh why, does Nick Giordano have to be the embodiment of all her dreams? The only thing United States Air Force Captain Nicholas Giordano is interested in since his death in Vietnam is getting to the hereafter. Stuck in a Corvette and unable to communicate with the living, until Bethany climbs in the driver's seat, he knows she's the key. Hoping the answer lies back in Myrtle Beach in 1965, he takes Bethany with him to a time when he lived and loved. And has to die again.

Fantastical Visions III


W.H. Horner - 2005
    From heroic to tragic, light to dark, fanciful to painfully real, these stories explore the many facets of the genre. An aging wizardess learns more than she expected as she hunts down the last dragon in "The Signing Dragon," while a woman gets more than she expected from a mysterious plant in "Always Greener on the Other Side." A demoness who has seen the error of her ways must still pay the price in "Blood of the Blade," and a boy's coping mechanism comes to chilling life in "Paper Shadows." A surgeon takes on a disease of mythic proportions in "Affliction," while an elven thief takes on the forces of darkness in "Thick as Thieves." A dwarf fights for his place in the world and seeks revenge in "No One Marks My Passage," and a crusader travels to home and wife with the help of a mysterious spirit in "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair." A young knight must brave an ogre's cave in order to save his love in "Red Silk, Silver Dagger," while two sisters work their magic together in order to survive being stranded in a forbidden forest in "The Mordred Hour." An exiled musician finds himself friendless and far from home in "The Pear Thief," and an inmate in an Australian sanitarium finds the gifts of his elven blood to be useful to help a friend in "Happy Birthday, Pinko." An unappreciated scientist takes theatrical inspiration too far in "Cuts and Folds," while a businessman complicates his love life with the purchase of a mysterious book in "Calico."