Scrambled Stories

[Pendragon]

Actually, this revives a thread I had back before I got so sick with my kidneys and whatnot:

These are all Ghost or Weird Short Stories:
1.) 5 digits, (only five), one horror!
2.) One who does and those done to—
3.) Enticing Ghost
4.) The Hall was haunted by H2O
5.) Cursed object
6.) Granted wishes its own way—
7.) Old magics—
8.) The final ghost was a dissected man—
9.) They were griping about their homes in graveyards
10.) The Galloping Ghost was bogus…yes? The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
11.) The chamber warbled—
12.) Become immortal, not your picture—The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
13.) Scarlet price all men pay—
14.) The hills were insane—
15.) Actually, he’s mentioned in the Bible as God of the PhilistinesDagon by HP Lovecraft
16.) According to Charles L. Dodgson, the spirit was small
17.) Subtitled “The Feast of Blood” Varney the Vampire by James Malcom Rhymer
18.) The fake was haunting its own fake in a story by Twain
19.) Sometimes, two do equal one—
20.) It might be a bojum…


Have fun! Happy guessing!

[ntropyincarnate]

10. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

[Pendragon]

10. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

So true... One bogus? Ghost! And that's how the game is played...

1 down 19 to go!

[Pendragon]

I would have thought some of these very obvious. Am I the only one who reads Ghost Stories?

[barbara0207]

11. Pit and Pendulum
12. The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Pendragon]

11. Pit and Pendulum
12. The Picture of Dorian Gray

11: Nah. The word warble means "make a birdlike sound " not "swing".

12: Yeah! Way to Go!

[ntropyincarnate]

15. Dagon
17. Varney the Vampire???

[Pendragon]

15. Dagon
17. Varney the Vampire???

Winner on both accounts!

[barbara0207]

Thanks for enlightening me on the word warble, Pen.

3. The Canterville Ghost?
4. Pets Sematary?

[Pendragon]

Thanks for enlightening me on the word warble, Pen.

3. The Canterville Ghost?
4. Pets Sematary?

Hee-hee! No, but my next list grows...

3>) Hint: The Ghost is Female
4>) Hint: H2) is the formula for what?

[Pendragon]

Here's a Given; #9 is A Courious Dream by Mark Twain

[Pendragon]

Here's the list: I quit! @#!!*&-%^><

• The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey
• The Haunter and the Haunted by Baron Edward B Lytton-Lytton
• The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions
• The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs
• The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
• The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs
• Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood
• The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
• A Curious dream by Mark Twain
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgeson
• The Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
• The Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
• At the Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft
• Dagon by HP Lovecraft
• The Little Ghost by Lewis Carroll
• Varney the Vampire (alternate author Thomas Presskett Prest)
• A Ghost Story by Mark Twain
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll

[barbara0207]

Sorry, Pen, I've read a lot of horror stories, but most of the ones in your list are unknown to me. I should have hit upon The Red Death and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, however. What a pity. I was so happy when I saw that you had come up with a new list. But perhaps there are simply too many horror stories around.

[ntropyincarnate]

Yeah I should have gotten The Red Death...but isn't it called The Masque of the Red Death?

But I haven't really read a lot of ghost stories. I've only read about 3 of those.

[barbara0207]

Yeah I should have gotten The Red Death...but isn't it called The Masque of the Red Death.

Of course you're right about the title, ntropy.