Twenty-Five Ghost Stories BY W. BOB HOLLAND This collection of ghost stories owes its publication to an interest that I have long felt in the supernatural and in works of the imagination. As a child I was deeply concerned in tales of spooks, haunted houses, wraiths and specters and stories of weird experiences, clanking chains, ghostly sights and gruesome sounds always held me spellbound and breathless. Experiences in editorial offices taught me that I was not alone in liking stories of mystery. The desire to know something of that existence that is veiled by Death is equally potent in old age and in youth, and men, women and children like to be thrilled and to have a “creepy” feeling along the spinal column as the result of reading of a visitor from beyond the grave. This volume contains the most famous of the weird stories of Edgar Allan Poe, that master of this form of literature. “The Black Cat” contains all the needed element of mystery and supernatural, and yet the feline acts in a natural manner all of the time, and the story is quite possibly true. It is only in the manner of its{6} telling that the tale becomes one that fittingly finds its place in this collection. Guy de Maupassant, the clever Frenchman, is also represented by two effective bits of work, and other less widely known writers have also contributed stories that are worth reading, and when once read will be remembered. There is not a story among the twenty-five that is not worthy of close reading. There has recently been a revival in interest in ghost stories. Many of the high-class magazines have within a few months printed stories with supernatural incidents, and writers whose names are known to all who read have turned their attention to this form of literature. Whether or not the reader believe in ghosts, he cannot fail to be interested in this little book. Without venturing to express a positive opinion either way, I will only say with Hamlet: “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Twenty-Five Ghost Stories BY W. BOB HOLLAND

Twenty-Five Ghost Stories By W. Bob Holland

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Do you want to read some scary ghost stories? If so, this a must read, this book is a collection of 25 ghost stories. Twenty-Five Ghost Stories, as one reviewer said, some teach you how ghosts are in fact concocted by humans, and they too form an interesting read!Twenty-Five Ghost Stories is a horror fiction novel written W. Bob Holland. 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.

This wonderful collection of scary stories about ghosts and ghouls will captivate readers for hours. There are ghost tales from the masters of literature within these pages including contributions by Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Eleanor F. Lewis, Arnold M. Anderson, Frederick P. Schrader, and many other ghostly folktales including: The Black Cat by EdgarAllan Poe The Flayed Hand by Guy de Maupassant The Vengeance of a Tree by Eleanor F. Lewis The Parlor-Car Ghost Ghost of Buckstown Inn by Arnold M. Anderson The Burglar's Ghost A Phantom Toe Mrs. Davenport's Ghost by Frederick P. Schrader The Phantom Woman The Phantom Hag From the Tomb by Guy de Maupassant Sandy's Ghost The Ghosts of Red Creek by S.T. The Spectre Bride How He Caught the Ghost Grand-Dame's Ghost Story by C.D. A Fight with a Ghost by Q.E.D. Colonel Halifax's Ghost Story The Ghost of the Count The Old Mansion A Misfit Ghost An Unbidden Guest The Dead Woman's Photograph The Ghost of a Live Man The Ghost of Washington