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  A
  Arbogast, Crystal
Hobnail
Scary bedtime story about a mother and daughter's night-time journey home.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  Atherton, Gertrude
The Bell In The Fog
A writer becomes obsessed with a portrait of a young girl.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 21 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Striding Place
After his life-long friend goes missing near the legendary river Strid, Weigall sets out to look for him.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  B
  Bangs, John Kendrick
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall
An unsually wet ghost soaks the master of Harrowby Hall every Christmas eve.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  Bierce, Ambrose
A Diagnosis of Death
A man explains to his doctor how he came to believe in ghosts.
- Date Added: March 2000
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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A Tough Tussle
At night, in the autumn of 1861, a brave but sensitive Federal officer sits alone in the heart of a forest in western Virginia.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Beyond the Wall
A visit on an old school friend finds a man plagued both by bad health and a gentle tapping from beyond his wall.....
- Date Added: July 1999
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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John Bartine's Watch
When asked for the time at a party, a man becomes aggressive and is strangely reluctant to look at his watch.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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One Summer Night
The fact that Henry Armstrong was buried did not seem to him to prove that he was dead ...
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Staley Fleming's Hallucination
Every night Staley Fleming wakes and sees in his room, intently watching him, a big black Newfoundland dog.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Damned Thing
A man is called to give evidence at the coroner's inquiry into the violent death of a hunter.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Death Of Halpin Frayser
What do an horrific dream and the name 'Catharine Larue' have to do with a man found dead in the hills around the Nappa Valley?
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Haunted Valley
A man uncovers the dark secret of a mysterious valley owned by a xenophobic drunkard.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
One night, four men arrive at a notorious, reportedly haunted, house and prepare for a duel to the death.
- Date Added: March 2000
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Moonlit Road
A man's mother is brutally murdered but, except for the finger marks around her neck, no trace of the killer can be found.
- Date Added: October 2001
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Night Doings At 'Deadman's'
Holed up in an isolated mountain shanty, the emaciated Mr. Hiram Beeson receives a visit from a dark stranger.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Secret Of Macarger's Gulch
A hunter stumbles upon a run-down little house and decides to spend the night - but finds himself plagued by disquieting thoughts and dreams.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Stranger
In the middle of an Arizona desert night, a group of explorers are approached by a mysterious stranger with a tale to tell.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  C
  Chambers, Robert W.
The Repairer Of Reputations
A former mental patient and a deformed eccentric conspire in a fantastic plot.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 27 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Yellow Sign
An artist and his model are disturbed by the appearence of a pale-faced man in the graveyard below their studio window.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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