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Ghost Stories Please :)

Tsukiko — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 04:41:59 GMT

Hi everyone!

I just read The Winter People recommended by lolakimono and I loved it!! I thought it was a good creepy read and wanted some more ideas for ghost stories. I'm not into gore, I just like a good story that keeps that creepy, eerie, mysterious feeling throughout. Anyone care to share some good scary reads?

Thanks!

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lostincali — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 05:17:24 GMT

Check out Barbara Michaels, good old fashioned ghost stories.

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Tsukiko — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 05:57:14 GMT

Will do, thanks!

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LoriLori — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:51:53 GMT

I love ghost stories. I'm sure more will come to me, I've read so many wonderful ones.

"The Supernaturals" by David Goleman. Best I've read in years.

"The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield

"Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger

"The Seance" by John Harwood. A little too long but pretty good.

All of M.R. James's short stories.

"Summer of Night" by Dan Simmons

"Haunted" by James Herbert (but only if you've never seen the movie)

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I am currently reading "Help for the Haunted" by John Searles. It is not as scary as I would like but it is interesting. It's fiction about the couple featured in "The Conjuring" and the doll (Penny here, Annabelle in real life, and the doll is getting her own movie soon called "Annabelle") is in the book. I'm not done yet so I don't know if the ending will be supernatural or not. The story is plodding much of the time. But I'm not sorry I read it.

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Here are a couple that look good to me, that I have saved at Amazon for future reading:

"Floating Staircase" by Ronald Malfi

"Dark Inspiration" by Russell James

"H*** [rhymes with dell] House" by Richard Matheson

"No Doors, No Windows" by Joe Schreiber

"The Haunting Season" by Michelle Muto

and now I've added "The Winter People", so thank you Tsukiko!!!

Re: Ghost Stories Please :)

Tsukiko — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:18:34 GMT

WOW LoriLori!!! Thanks so much for the suggestions. I will go to Amazon tonight and sample these on my Kindle.

I read The Thirteenth Tale and Her Fearful Symmetry and loved them. I think ghost stories are my favorite genre (aside from cozy mysteries) but it's just so hard to find a good one.

Thanks again!

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insomniac — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:42:10 GMT

One of the most eerie ghost stories I've read in the last couple years is Susan Hill's The Woman in Black. It is excellent.

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Tsukiko — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:02:02 GMT

On 8/14/2014 insomniac said:
One of the most eerie ghost stories I've read in the last couple years is Susan Hill's The Woman in Black. It is excellent.

Adding it to my list, thanks!

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LoriLori — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:58:41 GMT

Can't recommend "Help for the Haunted." It had a ridiculous twist at the end supernatural or not I won't say, but it doesn't really matter because it left me feeling I wasted my time reading it.

Also there's the iconic "House of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski. It's on my bookshelf now. I'm a fairly slow reader and it will take a big investment of my time but I think I'll finally read it this fall around Halloween.

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Tsukiko — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:21:12 GMT

Bummer about the book. I just hate when I commit to reading something only to be disappointed at the end.

The House of Leaves sounds quite interesting. It looks like a good long read which I love. When a story is good I don't want it to end right away and this one seems like I'll be reading it for a while. Thanks again.

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Alter Ego — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:08:27 GMT

Just wanted to pop in and say, thank you for starting this thread!! I've added a few samples to my kindle as well!

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MoJoV — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:40:03 GMT

Thanks for this thread, I love ghost stories. Not gore just good old fashioned ghost stories.

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LoriLori — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:08:17 GMT

On 8/15/2014 Tsukiko said:
Bummer about the book. I just hate when I commit to reading something only to be disappointed at the end.

The House of Leaves sounds quite interesting. It looks like a good long read which I love. When a story is good I don't want it to end right away and this one seems like I'll be reading it for a while. Thanks again.

Tsukiko, I forgot to mention "House of Leaves" will probably not work well on a Kindle. The book has writing in the margins, footnotes, all that good stuff, things scrawled across the page.

AlterEgo and MojoV, could you please provide your recommendations, a few, a lot, whatever? I'd love to know and obviously Tsukiko would too

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FlowershopGirl — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:58:07 GMT

I like two cozy mystery writers who both have ghosts in them. Rose Pressey writes the Haunted Renovation mystery series and Mary Stanton's Beaufort & Company series. The first book in Stanton's series is Defending Angels and I really enjoy this series. Its not scary at all but a lawyer who helps dead people solve mysteries in beautiful Savannah, GA is a lot of fun.

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FlowershopGirl — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:23:10 GMT

I forgot, for old fashioned scary, Peter Straub's Ghost Story is a good one.

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Tsukiko — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:19:55 GMT

On 8/18/2014 FlowershopGirl said:
I like two cozy mystery writers who both have ghosts in them. Rose Pressey writes the Haunted Renovation mystery series and Mary Stanton's Beaufort & Company series. The first book in Stanton's series is Defending Angels and I really enjoy this series. Its not scary at all but a lawyer who helps dead people solve mysteries in beautiful Savannah, GA is a lot of fun.

Oh that sounds like a fun read! I just love those cozy southern mysteries. Thanks FlowershopGirl!

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Alter Ego — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 06:46:05 GMT

On 8/16/2014 LoriLori said:
AlterEgo and MojoV, could you please provide your recommendations, a few, a lot, whatever? I'd love to know and obviously Tsukiko would too

omigosh - I have literally nothing to offer! I don't get to read much, and lately stick to more action filled books. But, when I was younger (high schoolish and younger, I guess), I did used to read more supernatural books and this thread reminded me of how much I enjoyed the genre. I always love a good ghost story, but didn't consider looking any up (Kind of unrelated, I even love when it's Halloween and some of the television shows would have special theme episodes.)

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Uncle Johnny — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 02:11:49 GMT

Hi, is it okay to recommend a ghost story that you wrote yourself? I think if you try out my novel STOP IT. YOU'RE SCARING ME you'll have some fun. It's a ghostly tale of Vikingsholm on Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay

Jonathan Mumm

jonmumm.com

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FlowershopGirl — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:37:31 GMT

On 8/19/2014 Tsukiko said:
On 8/18/2014 FlowershopGirl said:
I like two cozy mystery writers who both have ghosts in them. Rose Pressey writes the Haunted Renovation mystery series and Mary Stanton's Beaufort & Company series. The first book in Stanton's series is Defending Angels and I really enjoy this series. Its not scary at all but a lawyer who helps dead people solve mysteries in beautiful Savannah, GA is a lot of fun.

Oh that sounds like a fun read! I just love those cozy southern mysteries. Thanks FlowershopGirl!

I hope you like the series. I've really enjoyed it so far and its unique. Very unique characters and its doubly interesting for me since I've visited Savannah several times.

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FlowershopGirl — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:41:14 GMT

Uncle Johnny, your book sounds interesting and I found it on Kindle, thanks for the recommendation.

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LoriLori — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 14:36:50 GMT

Bigtime recommendation:

"Naomi's Room" by Jonathan Aycliffe.

One of the scariest, and most eerie, books I've ever read. Don't know why it's not more well known (it's not even available as an ebook). It ought to be a classic. IMO better and scarier than "The Woman in Black." Five stars.