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"A captivating collection of ghost stories from "one of the most gifted writers working today" (New York Times), Night Side of the River is as ingeniously provocative as it is downright spooky. In this delightfully chilling collection, the iconic Jeanette Winterson turns her fearless gaze to the realm of ghosts, interspersing her own encounters with the supernatural alongside hair-raising fictions. Lifting the veil between the living and the dead,...
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The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde - "The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous (Horror) short story by Oscar Wilde♥. The story is about an American family who moved to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead English nobleman, who killed his wife and was then walled in and starved to death by his wife's brothers. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times.
★Summary of the Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde★
"The Canterville Ghost"...
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Mostly ghostly volume 8
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Max already shares his house with two young ghosts that only he can see, but things get really bad when an evil ghost decides to share his body.
4) Mask Maker
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A lucky couple hits the jackpot when they purchase a 19th century plantation home for pennies on the dollar. Determined to get rich quick, they invite their friends up for the weekend to celebrate their good fortune. It's quickly apparent that the plantation home's former residents have not left and the unlucky youths suddenly find themselves running for their lives!
10) Hollows Grove
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A TV crew of ghost-hunting pranksters set up scares in abandoned houses and claim they are caused by real specters. The prank turns horrifyingly real when a routine investigation escalates into a nightmare that they can't escape.
12) Encounters
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A pair of newlyweds set up cameras in and around an old farm house for husband Ted's grad school film thesis on orbs. It's not long before they discover a dark and terrible secret that threatens their sanity and their lives.
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Blight Harbor volume 2
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When Evie Von Rathe discovers that the ghosts in Blight Harbor are disappearing, she teams up with a young ghost named Lark and ventures into the Dark Sun Side, where she unravels a personal mystery and battles with shadow creatures to reach the Nighthouse and release the trapped souls.
16) Ferris
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"It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris's mother's chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris's grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling unwell....
18) Ghosts
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Describes the history and pop culture behind the belief in ghosts.
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Stories about spooky ghosts haunting the living have been around for thousands of years. Take young readers on a trip through time to learn about ancient and medieval lore about ghosts. Then explore how ghost stories have changed over time until they became the lonely and restless spirits often seen in today's popular culture.
20) Belladonna
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Belladonna (Grace) volume 1
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Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death--and her own deathly powers--when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.
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