Ghost Stories Please :)

Tsukiko · ‎03-15-2010

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!

lostincali · ‎04-11-2010

Check out Barbara Michaels, good old fashioned ghost stories.

Tsukiko · ‎03-15-2010

Will do, thanks!

LoriLori · ‎03-12-2010

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!!!

Tsukiko · ‎03-15-2010

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!

insomniac · ‎03-09-2010

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.

Tsukiko · ‎03-15-2010

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!

LoriLori · ‎03-12-2010

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.

Tsukiko · ‎03-15-2010

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.