Urban Fiction Ghost

Who has not been thrilled and not a little frightened by tales of ghosts, spirits, hauntings, and monsters? Some of the most fascinating accounts come from the dark hollows of the Ozark Mountains. For generations, these scary, mystifying legends have been told around campfires and family gatherings and handed down through the generations. Now, for the first time, the best of these tales have been gathered together and presented in this volume.

For the first time in a really long time, I’ve got a boyfriend—Dr. Henry Jekyll. And he’s everything you’d want a boyfriend to be—charming, sweet, loyal. Only problem is, I can’t be left alone with him. Yeah, you read that right. Ever since I agreed to becoming a full-time employee of the Holmwood Association (that apprehends monsters), I’m being kept under lock and key. If I’m allowed outside the compound, it has to be with a chaperone—all owing to the fact that I’m half vampire.

The technology discovered by Star is completely real. However, the story surrounding the tech may be a little exaggerated. This book takes the author Star from great despair to complete happiness. His rags to riches experience is all made possible from recently discovered communication technology.

I’ve stayed away from Guntersville, Alabama, since leaving for college. Not because I stopped loving my family or my small-town friends. I never did. I left because something about this place sharpens the voices in my head and the shadows that slip into my peripheral vision. Here, the boundary between the living and the dead feels thin. Fragile. Too easy to cross. Coming home means facing a nightmare I never expected: the murder of my high school best friend. Her death forces me to confront the cost of my ambition.

From the events this past autumn, I am compelled to relate my perilous trial. The supposition that darkness is merely the absence of light is both popular and false, as those who practise the occult can affirm. In the dark cellar of number 13 Jolimont Street, a house the Professor had assumed benign, I unwittingly brought forth an ancient evil that first threatened our reputations, then our souls.

Realtor Vylette West has seen her fair share of quirky listings, but Marshmallow Cottage takes the cake—roses gone wild, whispers in the walls, and a ghostly presence hinting at secrets long buried. When a body washes up on the beach, Driftwood Cove is thrown into a storm of suspicion. Rumors swirl, rivals circle, and everyone seems to want a piece of the past. With a cantankerous raven, a sea captain ghost, and her determined friends by her side, Vylette must follow the trail of clues—both earthly and otherworldly—before the truth slips through her fingers.

A stranger's desperate plea in a shadowed bar pulls me into the enigma of Axton Crescent, where relentless tales of ghostly chaos plague a collector's opulent estate. Despite our meticulous investigations yielding no trace of the supernatural, the staff's fervent claims and the allure of the master's exotic relics prompt me to call on Gwen Honeycutt's keen insight to unravel the truth.

A light-hearted ghost-story from 1895, by the author of "The Little Room". A writer is assigned a small ghost as a muse, to help him finish the story he is having trouble writing. Humorous.

Starting senior year at Clearview Academy was supposed to be an exciting time, but for Avery Lewis things are a bit more complicated than your average senior. Being dead and using someone else's body to go to school wasn't exactly how she imagined this year to go. Going from the most popular to invisible new girl was enough to make anyone irritated. At least she has Laney - her Vessel, and Clark - her almost boyfriend, sometimes, and Lindsey - her sister. The four of them have one mission: To find her killer. Step one, make her popular again. That should be easy, right?

Who killed Avery? All the clues point to one person; Avery is sure of it. Of course, she's been wrong about almost everything so far. As she searches for clues with her Vessel and Clark Daniels, she realizes that some things aren't adding up. Will Avery and her friends be able to find out who the killer is, or are they headed for another dead end? And how exactly do you accuse someone of murder?

Enchanted Vacation: Annabelle’s Visit is the third and last of my Annabelle Series. It is funny and heartwarming and includes old friends from several of my other books, you just might recognize an old friend.

Arcadia was a small town, nestled in the countryside, hidden from the bustling life of the metropolis Athens to the north. It was once an idyllic village of hills and apple orchards, a place to settle down, a place where children and families could grow. One abandoned home, a monument of history and decay, cast its long shadow across the village and hidden forces from darker places plague the residents in their attempt to reclaim the town.

Small Bites is a collection of 14 short stories of the paranormal, horror, science fiction and fantasy. Each a tale of curiosity, hunger, longing, fear and love.

"There's things out there that you ain't dreamed of. Like back-from-the-dead mountain men, green ghost mountain spirits, carrion stallion, time-traveling mad scientists and zombified buffalo... just for starters." This weird western novella starts at a gallop and gathers momentum faster than a stampeding avalanche. You will never look at a severed head the same way again.

On this day of revelations and new awareness, two friends discover that they have changed and no longer know each other as they once did. Yet, the bond that united them emerges intact, ready to be renewed, if only they know how to put the past aside and open their hearts to forgiveness.

A blast from the past: Five years ago Brian's sister gave a toast at his wedding... and he hasn't spoken to her since. She's returning home with something to share with everyone. As if that wasn't enough? How about a balloon bending street person who takes a liking to her? Add to that Mel's mother-in-law, and Brian's parents, and put them in a room for Thanksgiving Dinner... What could be more stressful than that? Well, maybe, a Jumbo jet crashing into a neighborhood in the Rockaways - but just barely.

Akira's plans are simple: write wedding invitations, bake Christmas cookies, and eat red meat. (The last surprises her, too.) But when Rose, the ghost who haunts her house, asks for a favor, Akira can't say no. Although she's faced danger before, even death, a toddler who doesn't like peanut-butter-and-jelly might be her worst nightmare.

Twisty scares with heart. Ghosts, sea monsters, and a rest home for troublesome witches all feature in this collection of paranormal stories set in Wellington, New Zealand. By turns spooky and laugh-out-loud funny, these tales stew with malevolence and mischief. Climb aboard the ghost bus for a wild ride of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and humor, and hop off a little more in love with Aotearoa's capital city.

Whether you believe in ghosts or not, it’s tough not to get freaked out when you’re alone and you hear something bump in the night or even hear a voice. The stories below will freak you out so it’s best to read these with someone. Preferably a friend and not a stranger you’ve decided to creep up behind on the street. My house was built in 1904. It is a single family home, wood frame setting on a concrete block foundation. I have been living here for about 12 years. Of all the weird things that my siblings and me have seen or heard in this house this one event is my favorite.

The Legend of Damian Bloodstone is the first novelette written by Erna J. Weissman. The story is narrated by Damian Bloodstone, a vengeful spirit long forgotten by the city of London. He will recollect the chain of events that resulted in him the ghostly defender of Paganism.