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| A | Arbogast | Atherton | B | Bangs | Bierce | C | Collins | D | Dickens | E | Edwards | F | Freeman | H | Hawthorne | J | James | S | Sorrentino | W | Wharton |
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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 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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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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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 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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  C
  Collins, Wilkie
Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
A man and his daughter come accross an apparently mad, ill woman in a London park.
- Date Added: October 2001
- Length: 30 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  D
  Dickens, Charles
The Haunted House
A gentleman moves into a reputedly haunted country house; soon the servants are scared witless but the master is not convinced. Plays with different attitudes to paranormal activity.
- Date Added: September 2001
- Length: 24 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Trial For Murder
A banker is disturbed by visions of a murdered man and his killer. Then he is called for jury duty.
- Date Added: September 2001
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  E
  Edwards, Amelia
The Phantom Coach
A man becomes lost on a moor in heavy snow and is rescued by a strange, reclusive academic.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:1 stars
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  F
  Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
The Lost Ghost
Late one night a little girl appears at a woman's door: "I can't find my mother".
- Date Added: October 2001
- Length: 17 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  H
  Hawthorne, Julian
Ken's Mystery
An artist returns from Europe a changed man after a frightening experience involving a mysterious woman and a rotting banjo.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 21 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  J
  James, Henry
Sir Edmund Orme
As a man pursues the affections of beautiful young girl, he begins to experience a strange phenomenon that up till that point only affected her mother.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 24 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  S
  Sorrentino, Fernando
The Return
A man is the only witness to an accidental killing and the bizarre series of events that follow.
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  W
  Wharton, Edith
Afterward
Mary Boyne and her husband, requiring a country home in England after a business windfall, acquire a reputedly haunted house.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 27 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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Kerfol
A prospective buyer goes to look round a French chateau (complete with chapel and tombs) but finds the place deserted - apart from a strange pack of dogs.
- Date Added: October 2001
- Length: 19 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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