This story continues the life of Roger Mifflin, who first appeared in Parnassus on Wheels, and now runs a bookshop with his wife, a dog, Titania Chapman, a young woman sent to live with the Mifflins, and a young advertising man who is smitten with Titania's beauty. And the bookshop is haunted by the great spirits of the literary past.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Fortunately for the Whittakers and the noisy ghost in the beach cottage they rent for the summer, their personal quiet ghost Georgie comes along on the vacation.

"Set in 1957 in southern Virginia, Benedict's suspenseful, atmospheric follow-up to 2014's Bliss House finds housewife Charlotte Bliss devastated by the death of her four-year-old daughter. At the family mansion, Charlotte sees the ghost of her mother-in-law, Olivia, also recently deceased, who gradually reveals disturbing secrets about Bliss House, her own past, and Charlotte's husband, Press. When she tries to flee with their toddler son, Charlotte...

"Whether you are sitting around a campfire with some friends, or huddled up in the living room on a stormy night, reading scary stories for both fun and fright is a timeless pastime."

"Sometimes you walk into a room, a building, or even a town, and you feel it. Something seems off--an atmosphere that leaves you oddly unsettled, with a sense of lingering darkness. Join Aaron Mahnke, the host of the popular podcast Lore, as he explores some of these dreadful places and the history that haunts them. Mahnke takes us to Colorado and the palatial Stanley Hotel, where wealthy guests enjoyed views of the Rocky Mountains at the turn of...

The stories, folklore and legends in this book are based on the author's collection of sources including individuals whose experiences have led them to believe they have encountered phenomena of some kind or another. They are meant to entertain, and neither the publisher nor the author claims these stories represent fact.