Haunted Legends

Haunted Legends
Author: Ellen Datlow,Nick Mamatas
Publsiher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2023-11-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781504088756

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A Bram Stoker Award–winning anthology featuring twenty stories based on local legends and ghost stories from around the world. Wherever you’re from, there are local stories of ghosts, unexplained phenomena, or some thing that people are afraid to talk about. You can dismiss them as old wives’ tales, and yet they stay with us, haunting our everyday lives. In Haunted Legends, these tales are brought disturbingly to life by some of the best horror and dark fantasy writers in the world. Among the contributors are award-winners Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and many others. Here are stories from America’s big cities and small towns, as well as far-flung corners of the globe. Discover the fox spirits of Vietnam, the specter of communism still haunting Russia in the form of Comrade Beria’s ghost, the famed vampires of Rhode Island, a haunted amusement park in the Pacific Northwest, the Indian ghost city of Fatehpur Sikri, and more.

Florida s Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore The Gulf Coast and Pensacola

Florida s Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore  The Gulf Coast and Pensacola
Author: Greg Jenkins
Publsiher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2007-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781561643998

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From ancient graveyards and monuments to modern restaurants and hotels, this book offers a delightful collection of uncanny legends and eerie folklore about Florida's beautiful west coast. Walk through the picturesque city of Pensacola in Florida's Panhandle, where the spirits of the dead are beckoned by an eerie lighthouse shining through the night, or stroll through Pensacola's Seville Quarter, where you may spot the specter of a long-dead bartender. Visit the Island Hotel and Restaurant in Cedar Key, where thirteen spirits are said to roam the building. Venture again into the unknown with Greg Jenkins, who will guide you through some of Florida's most frightening haunted locations. Prepare yourself for the spine-chilling and uncanny tales of specters and ghosts that inhabit Haunted Florida. See all of the books in this series

Florida s Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore

Florida s Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore
Author: Greg Jenkins
Publsiher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781561646357

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From ancient graveyards and monuments to modern restaurants and hotels, this book offers a delightful collection of uncanny legends and eerie folklore about Florida's beautiful west coast. Walk through the picturesque city of Pensacola in Florida's Panhandle, where the spirits of the dead are beckoned by an eerie lighthouse shining through the night, or stroll through Pensacola's Seville Quarter, where you may spot the specter of a long-dead bartender. Visit the Island Hotel and Restaurant in Cedar Key, where thirteen spirits are said to roam the building. Venture again into the unknown with Greg Jenkins, who will guide you through some of Florida's most frightening haunted locations. Prepare yourself for the spine-chilling and uncanny tales of specters and ghosts that inhabit Haunted Florida. See all of the books in this series

Niagara s Most Haunted

Niagara s Most Haunted
Author: Peter Sacco
Publsiher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2012-11-02
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781782343080

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Niagara's Most Haunted: Legends and Myths is not just a book about ghosts and haunted places, but also explores areas in the Niagara region which are considered some of the richest in North American history. As a matter of fact, one of the bloodiest battles in North American history (the War of 1812) between the British and USA was fought in Niagara...Is it any wonder there are so many ghosts? This book examines some of the most haunted places dating back to the 1800's. Each chapter covers a different genre of settings--discussing historical sites, entertaining readers with anecdotal ghost stories, while testing myths with paranormal investigations. Some of the haunted sites include; bed and breakfasts, ships/boats, trains, tunnels, museums, mansions, highways, forts, cemeteries, waterfalls, school houses and many more. This book is guaranteed to peak your curiosity as some may even feel a slight tingling better known as goose bumps -Welcome to my town, Niagara!

Florida s Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore South and central Florida

Florida s Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore  South and central Florida
Author: Greg Jenkins
Publsiher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781561643271

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The history and legends behind a number of Florida's haunted locations, including thorough background information on each locale and biographies of its ghostly residents, plus bone-chilling accounts taken from firsthand witnesses of spooky phenomena. Volume 1 locations include Key West's La Concha Hotel, the Everglades, Stetson University, and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

Haunted Legends

Haunted Legends
Author: Ellen Datlow,Nick Mamatas
Publsiher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010-09-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781429948777

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Winner of the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology! Darkly thrilling, these twenty new ghost stories have all the chills and power of traditional ghost stories, but each tale is a unique retelling of an urban legend from the world over. Multiple award-winning editor Ellen Datlow and award-nominated author and editor Nick Mamatas recruited Jeffrey Ford, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlin Kiernan, Catherynne M. Valente, Kit Reed, Ekaterina Sedia, and thirteen other fine writers to create stories unlike any they've written before. Tales to make readers shiver with fear, jump at noises in the night, keep the lights on. These twenty nightmares, brought together by two renowned editors of the dark fantastic, are delightful visions sure to send shivers down the spines of horror readers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Michigan s Haunted Legends and Lore

Michigan s Haunted Legends and Lore
Author: Kristy Robinett
Publsiher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0764342401

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Journey across the State of Michigan, rich in history, to read over 40 tales of the strange, the unusual, and the haunted of centuries past. Discover the spectral cries of the lost souls under a bridge, spirits who haunt a Westland school, the beloved Civil War horse whose spirit lives on, a wrongly accused town witch, UFOs that frighten those at a Michigan farm, and Michael Jackson's elaborate gravestone gift to entertainer Jackie Wilson. Listen to the waves that crash against the stony cliffs and catch a glimpse of a grisly murder or climb the steps of Joe Louis Arena and discover why Al the Octopus is so important to Detroit's sports fans. So settle into a comfortable chair, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and explore the depths of Michigan's Haunted Legends and Lore. And don't worry; we understand if you need to leave your lights on tonight.

Haunting Urban Legends

Haunting Urban Legends
Author: Megan Cooley Peterson
Publsiher: Capstone
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781429699839

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"Spooky retellings of well-known urban legends"--Provided by publisher.