Would you please tell us your favorite ghost story?
I am intrigued by one written by Henry James:
"The Jolly Corner." It is about a man who may -- or may not -- be haunted by . . .himself!
Would you please tell us your favorite ghost story?
I am intrigued by one written by Henry James:
"The Jolly Corner." It is about a man who may -- or may not -- be haunted by . . .himself!
I dunno...only thing which comes to mind is The Eternal Husband, which is not fully a ghost story, but there is the appearance of one ghost.
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.Scary!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
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I've read this one! It was really nice!!Originally Posted by AuntShecky
As for my favourite...i'll have to thing about it. Difficult question.
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
Ghost stories, huh? Hee-hee-hee.
Well, I have many favorites, I collect volumes of them. But here are some to chill you:
The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, which you can read here:
http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a2335.pdf
The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs, which you can read here:
http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/mnkyspaw.htm
The Beast With Five Fingers by W. F. Harvey, which you can read here:
http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/beast.html
Thrawn Janet by Robert Louis Stevenson, which you can read here:
http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.2967/sec./
If anyone makes it all the way through Thrawn Janet without a shudder, let me know. BUH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
"A Christmas Carol" by Dickens comes to mind. "High Plains Drifter" is a great movie ghost story.
"Lennie said, "I thought you was mad at me, George."
"No," said George. "No Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. Thats a thing I want ya to know."
I like to allow you the chance to decide for yourself if these are worthy stories or not. So here are four more and the places you may read them for free. Sleep tight and that scratching at the window is only a treebranch in the wind... Hee-hee-hee!
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs
http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a0476.pdf
THE BECKONING FAIR ONE By Oliver Onions
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~nauerbac/onions.html
THE WHISTLING ROOM by William Hope Hodgson, probably the best of the Carnacki the Ghost Hunter stories.
http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/carnack3.htm
The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft
http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskato...as/dunwich.htm
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
"The Judge's House," a short story by Bram Stoker
Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens
The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
Last edited by Psycheinaboat; 10-09-2007 at 11:17 AM.
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Hello!
My favourite ghost-story is 'The Turn of the Screw,' by Henry James.
yeah i also read it once
it's difficult but still frightning
in my eyes, self-division is the msot terrible thing
Life is never too good nor too bad!
Hmmm... the first one that comes to my mind is La Morte Amoureuse by Theophile Gautier. It's not exactly a ghost story, per se... more of a vampire tale... but I've always loved the atmosphere of Gautier's work (this and others): a blending of the dark, ghostly, gothic (ala Poe and others) with something far more sensuous... and darkly erotic. His work is definitely reminiscent of aspects of Baudelaire... which shouldn't be surprising considering the latter poet would address him as his master in the dedication to Les Fleurs du Mal. I'll always have a soft spot for ghostly tales because they are probably responsible for my initial love of reading.
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And what with Halloween coming and all, I would have thought this thread full of tales by now!
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/375
The Hand of Glory, : The Nurse's Story by Richard Harris Barham
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-h...nurse-s-story/
THE BODY-SNATCHER by Robert Louis Stevenson
http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/body.htm
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/sil.../fulltext.html
Am I the only weirdo here?
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
pen if you re looking for a really good read for holloween i'd suggest this one. really dark.The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
Actually, I'm reading a new volume of Kolchak the Nightstalker: Casebook, at the moment. Anything from werewolves and vampires to Lovecraft Mystos in these stories! Did you try Thrawn Janet? Written in Brogue, so ye maun have nae trouble, lassie! I may have read Lady in Black, I'm just not certain it was this one. The author doesn't seem right. Have to check my files of stories. For Halloween, I could choose from (Before I get into my other ghost story collections, or Lovecraft)
100 Ghastley Little Ghost Stories
100 Feindish Little Frighteners
100 Wild Little Tales
100 Vicious Little Vampires
100 Twisted Tales of Torment
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories
100 Creepy Little Creature Stories
100 Hair-Rasing Little Horror Stories
I think I'm covered!
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
I looked up Lady in Black on google but could only find references to songs and a a haunting in some place in boston. Kept on pointing me to A woman in black. This was also adapted for the stage. Was lucky enough to see it. I'd never been so scared in all my life! Something more real about having the actors right beside you than on screen.
Your not thinking of A woman in White by Wilkie Collins?
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
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