Famous Modern Ghost Stories

Ghosts are the true immortals, and the dead grow more alive all the time. Wraiths have a greater vitality to-day than ever before. They are far more numerous than at any time in the past, and people are more interested in them. There are persons that claim to be acquainted with specific spirits, to speak with them, to carry on correspondence with them, and even some who insist that they are private secretaries to the dead. Others of us mortals, more reserved, are content to keep such distance as we may from even the shadow of a shade.

"Famous Modern Ghost Stories" by Edgar Allan Poe, Anatole France, Richard Le Gallienne, Algernon Blackwood, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, Leonid Andreyev, Arthur Machen, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Fitz James O'Brien, Robert W. Chambers, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Olivia Howard Dunbar, William Fryer Harvey, Myla Jo Closser. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Originally published in 1921, this is an anthology of famous and chilling ghost stories compiled by Dorothy Scarborough. She was a lecturer in English for Columbia University, as well as author who producing such notable works as “The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction” and “From a Southern Porch”. Scarborough was also a keen anthologist and authorised such horror greats as Algernon Blackwood, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Robert W. Chambers, Anatole France, Fitz-James O'Brien, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, and Guy de Maupassant. This collection of supernatural tales will appeal to all lovers of the genre, and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage ghost stories and related work. Emily Dorothy Scarborough (1878 – 1935) was an American writer famous for her work related to Texas, folk culture, cotton farming, ghost stories and women's life in the Southwest. Other notable works by this author include: “Fugitive Verses” (1912), “From a Southern Porch” (1919), and “The Wind” (1925). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Collection of best horror stories:Contents;The willows / Algernon Blackwood -- The shadows on the wall / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- The messenger / Robert W. Chambers -- Lazarus / Leonid Andreyev -- The beast with five fingers / W.F. Harvey -- The mass of shadows / Anatole France -- What was it? / Fitz James O'Brien -- The middle toe of the right foot / Ambrose Bierce -- The shell of sense / Olivia Howard Dunbar -- The woman at Seven Brothers / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- At the gate / Myla Jo Closser -- Ligeia / Edgar Allan Poe -- The haunted orchard / Richard Le Gallienne -- The bowmen / Arthur Machen -- A ghost / Guy de Maupassant.

This is an anthology of famous and chilling ghost stories compiled by Dorothy Scarborough. She was a lecturer in English for Columbia University, as well as author who producing such notable works as "The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction" and "From a Southern Porch". Scarborough was also a keen anthologist and authorised such horror greats as Algernon Blackwood, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Robert W. Chambers, Anatole France, Fitz-James O'Brien, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, and Guy de Maupassant. This collection of supernatural tales will appeal to all lovers of the genre, and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage ghost stories and related work.

Ghosts are the true immortals, because they fulfill the dream of many people, immortality. But whether this dream is happy? The dead are becoming more and more alive, see Walking Dead or Zombiecide. Ghosts are more alive today than ever before, in literature they celebrate a true resurrection. To see this, you only have to take a look at the German publisher Saphir im Stahl, which is reissuing old English stories. They are more numerous in literature than werewolves, vampires or zobies. People are becoming more and more interested in them. That's why the stories from 1921 are being reissued.

Do you want to read some scary and famous ghost stories? If so, this a must read, this book is a collection of 15 ghost stories. Famous Modern Ghost Stories, as one reviewer said, some of these stories chilled me to the bone, while others were slightly scary and a little nerve-racking. Good book!Famous Modern Ghost Stories is a horror fiction novel written Dorothy Scarborough. A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them. The "ghost" may appear of its own accord or be summoned by magic.

Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough et al.

Fifteen ghost stories from writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood and many others.