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| The 25 Scariest Hauntings in the World, Mary Batten, 1996, line art, 64 pp, $6.95 |
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I don't know if I'd
agree that these are THE twenty-five scariest hauntings I've ever heard of, but then, fear
is so subjective.... There are some extremely nasty stories here and some quite
off-the-beaten-gravesite tales from India, Italy, and Portugal. "The Bloody Ghost of
St. Bavon," whose dismembered body drags its bloody pieces out of their separate
graves. Smoker—the ghostly sled-driver of Labrador who guides the lost to safety.
Attilo, the spectral, one-armed knight who ordered his father to send the body of his
brother into battle to avenge him. |
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| America's Most Haunted, Cameron Banks, 2003, photos 71 pp SORRY No longer
available. Please ask us to find you a nice used copy. |
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| Based on the Haunted
History series on The History Channel, this young adult book is full of bite-sized chunks
of ghostly lore for the reader with the short attention span. A “visually noisy”
book, it still has some entertaining tales of ghosts of New Orleans, Tombstone, Arizona, Hollywood,
and New England. Pop quizzes on the paranormal, nuggets of historical fact, and a test of
haunts across America at the end of the book (think: reading comprehension) make this good
for the reluctant reader. However, I do object
to the “ghost photos” of the photo insert with their ambiguous captions. |
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| Dangerous Ghosts, Daniel Cohen, 1996, line art, 85 pp, NOW OUT OF PRINT. ASK US TO
FIND YOU A NICE USED COPY. |
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These stories have a
dark and rather old-fashioned tone to them, as if they were adaptations of 19th century
stories, perhaps from Elliott O'Donnell's book of the same name. And it seems to me that
I've seen one or two originally as fiction. Riveting, nonetheless. The bonneted hag who
carried her head in a basket. The throat-cut ghost of a tiny Indian girl who frightened a
woman to death. A hideously maimed apparition of a man who returned to testify that his
wife poisoned him. |
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| Even More Short and Shivery, Robert San Souci, 1997, line art, 175 pp $10.95 |
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the best of the three Short and Shivery books. I read it at the tennis club and was still
looking over my shoulder. A stomach-turning story called "The Maggot."
"Lullaby," where the ghost of a young woman replays a horrific tragedy. And the
appalling "The New Mother," which ought to convince all children to do exactly
as Mother says. Way to go, Bob! |
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