Urban Fiction Ghost

Рассказы о Севере. История о том, что голод, холод и темнота могут свести с ума даже собаку, о том, что духи в глазах обессилевшего человека начинают приобретать реальные очертания и как эти духи приводят тех, кто в них верит, к спасению в суровых северных условиях жизни.

This short story first appeared in science fiction magazine Amazing Stories and tells of a meteorite crash in rural Massachusetts...and of the horrific results. It was one of HP Lovecraft's most popular works for its combination of science fiction and horror, and it was the author's personal favorite short story.

Malcolm R. Campbell's Spooky Stories include Cora's Crossing which was inspired by the now-abandoned Bellamy Bridge over the Chipola River near the town of Marianna in the Florida Panhandle. The local folk legend that claims the bridge is haunted by a 175-year-old ghost who died tragically on her wedding night when her dress caught fire. In Moonlight and Ghosts, Randy's intuition is drawing him back to an abandoned psychiatric hospital where he once worked.

'When the music begins, I'll give you some spins....' Evil haunts a school near Collinwood. A strange creature is attacking young girls, and the headmistress of Worthington Hall is forced to barricade her school against it. But Miss Charity Trask has problems of her own. She fears she's not in her right mind. She's seeing ghostly visions, and soon a strange spirit possesses her. Should she go against her every instinct and trust the voice in her head?

'I heard voices....' London, 1941. Quentin Collins need not fear the bombing because he is immortal, but there's much else to be scared of. The voices of his past will not rest. They are the ghosts of those he's lost. And there are other voices.... A creeping fog reaching out to him...Taking refuge in an old museum will not help Quentin either, for the museum has ghosts of its own. More voices reaching out through the darkness....

'One selfless deed. Just one. The first of you to commit an utterly selfless act - and your soul is free. The one who fails is mine.' Death is not the end for the Reverend Gregory Trask. After shooting himself to escape the torture of being walled-up alive, the priest is sent to the Dark Lord himself for Judgement. To the holy man's horror, he is partnered with the equally cursed witch, Angelique, and sent to a vast battlefield in 1861 to compete for the return of their mortal soul.

Unknown to most, there is a secret society of people who call themselves the Gifted. With powers that can only be described as supernatural, they zealously guard their territories across the United States. Despite their origins, they are separated into Five Families. Each Family has a Gift, some stronger than the other but all inherited from a mystical Great Mother, a legendary figure in their secret world.

Are these menacing visions real? Or is Tina losing her mind? After the tragic death of her mother, Tina tries to hang on to her sanity. Her grip is slipping, and support from her husband and friends may not be enough. As she tumbles further into the abyss, Tina must battle the haunting demons that terrorize her. The paranormal activity increases, and a shocking discovery unlocks the sinister truth about her new apartment.

One reporter's investigation into the strange and the unexplained.

In London häufen sich die Meldungen über verbrannte Menschen. Männer und Frauen, Reiche und Arme, Unschuldige und Verbrecher - alle Opfer sind durch spontane Selbstentzündung in Flammen aufgegangen. Schon bald finden die Trainees den Grund für diese mysteriösen Todesfälle heraus: Der wahre König von London ist zurückgekehrt und hat seine vier apokalyptischen Reiter auf Menschenjagd geschickt. Um den König aufzuhalten, müssen die Trainees die sagenumwobene Fetzenkrone finden.

Die Trainees der Sinclair Academy haben einen neuen Auftrag: Ein junges Ehepaar ist während seiner Flitterwochen spurlos verschwunden. Es gibt keine Spuren, doch in der Nähe ihres letzten Aufenthaltsortes häufen sich die Berichte über paranormale Anzeichen. Ihre Nachforschungen führen Jack, Staysy, Hassan und Sachiko in den abgeschiedenen Ort Arbordale: malerische Häuser, freundliche Menschen, spielende Kinder - die perfekte Idylle. Doch hinter all der Harmonie lauert das absolute Grauen.

Auf dem Campus des Cathedral College in Oxford herrscht pures Grauen: Riesenhafte Tentakeln schießen aus dem Erdboden und reißen eine Studentin in den Abgrund. Als Miss Julia den Trainees von dem Vorfall berichtet, ist vor allem Staysy schockiert. Schließlich hat sie jahrelang selbst am Cathedral College studiert. Gemeinsam mit Jack, Hassan und Sachiko will sie herausfinden, was in der schrecklichen Nacht wirklich passiert ist. Sie hofft dabei auf die Hilfe ihres ehemaligen Professors.

Wie aus dem Nichts tauchen unbekannte Dämonen in London auf - so bestialisch und grausam, dass selbst Staysy, Jack, Hassan und Sachiko das Blut in den Adern gefriert. Die neuen Dämonen scheinen urbanen Legenden und harmlosen Internet-Scherzen entsprungen zu sein. Aber wie konnten sie sich materialisieren und in der realen Welt Menschen töten? Während die Dämonenseuche weltweit um sich greift, jagen die Trainees der Sinclair Academy dem Ursprung hinterher.

Once upon a time, Morey's father, a talented musician, accepted food for his family from Lord Lovat. In exchange, he agreed to take on the Fraser name. But it was his son who learned the true cost of a boll of meal. If his parents only knew how that one decision and the aftermath have haunted him...

Welcome to Tombstone, Arizona. Michael can both see and talk to ghosts. He can also talk to certain animals. Penny, a calico cat, you can't trust, and she is snarky. Neil, the Raven, is very nosy and always has something to say, whether you want to hear it or not. Michael meets Doc Holliday, who then introduces him to all the local ghosts of Tombstone and the weekly ghost stagecoach that arrives weekly, picking up and dropping off Tombstone's best and worst. These ghosts can't keep from revisiting Tombstone.

In this imaginative fantasy story, originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, a mysterious herd of phantom elephants rampages across Amboseli National Park. How can they be stopped? It falls to Professor Nicholas Falconer, an arrogant academic who specializes in psychical studies, to solve the case.

A college student from Corpus Christi, on a star-gazing trip, gets way more than she bargained for...

A traditional psychological ghost story, ‘A Phantom Lover’ tells the story of an artist who is commissioned to paint eccentric couple Mr and Mrs Oke of Okehurst. But the Okes have a dark family history, and the fateful events of two centuries previous come back to haunt them.

Reports of a strange gray ghost causing accidents on Highway 98 brings the team to the small town of Wilmer, Alabama. But not everyone in the area is happy to see Midas and the crew. Small-town secrets make it difficult to get a sense of what's really happening on Bloody 98, but the team has a new secret weapon. As they take the investigation to the supposedly haunted forest near the highway, Sierra witnesses an old crime, and Midas tries to keep everyone safe.

Javar es un audiolibro muy entretenido y fácil de escuchar; tiene vestigios de corte estremecedor, que sacuden las fibras sensibles del ser humano siempre finito, que busca en otros su razón de ser, su sinrazón o su nada, atrapando tu imaginación y transportándola a otros lugares. El hombre sólo cree en lo que ve con una actitud netamente mental, por eso siempre ha negado la posibilidad de otro tipo de vida. Yo era una de esas personas.