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Haunted houses, mysterious Counts, weeping widows & restless souls, here is the definitive anthology of all that goes bump in the night. H&-picked by award-winning author Louise Welsh, this beautiful collection of 100 ghost stories will delight, unnerve, & entertain any fiction lover brave enough...

Here are gothic classics, modern masters, Booker Prize-winners, ancient folk tales & stylish noirs, proving that every writer has a skeleton or two in their closet.

The all-star cast of authors inlude:
Hilary Mantel, William Faulkner, Kate Atkinson, Henry James, Kazuo Ishiguro, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Franz Kafka, Ruth Rendell, Edgar Allan Poe, William Trevor, Helen Simpson, Haruki Murakami, Dylan Thomas, Bram Stoker, H.P Lovecraft, Lydia Davis, Sir Walter Scott, Annie Proulx, Angela Carter & Stephen King.

Ideal for people who love scary stories.

This hardback book has 786 pages & measures: 25 x 18 x 6cm approx.








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As a CIA special operative, John Wells knows the odds are always stacked against him. For every atrocity foiled, another deadly catastrophe awaits. So when it emerges that four of the world's most dangerous states are plotting together to unleash the ultimate nuclear threat, Wells realises that his odds on stopping them ranges from zero to none. ...

In January 1988, aged twelve, Martin Pistorius fell inexplicably sick. Within eighteen months he was mute & wheelchair-bound, being cared for at centres for severely disabled children. What no-one knew is that while Martin's body remained unresponsive, his mind slowly woke up, yet he could tell no-one, a prisoner inside his own body. During this time, he suffered abuse of a kind that is barely imaginable, yet still he kept the spirit of hope alive. It wasn't until he was twenty-three that a gentle therapist realised he was alert to everything &, along with his parents, assisted his road to recovery. Since then, against all odds, he has fallen in love, married & moved to Essex & taught himself web design. Martin's extraordinary story is a deeply moving account of the power of love. ...

In January 1988, Martin Pistorius, aged 12, inexplicably fell sick. Doctors were mystified & within 18 months he was mute & wheelchair bound. His parents were told he had an unknown degenerative disorder that left him with the mind of a baby but what nobody knew was that while Martin's body remained unresponsive, his mind slowly woke up but no one could tell. 10 years later, an aromatherapist sensed some part of him was alert. Experts were dismissive but his parent persevered & soon realised their son was as intelligent as he'd always been. With no memory of the time before his illness & still mute & wheelchair bound he was brilliantly adept at computer technology. Since then, he has fallen in love, married & set up a web design business in Essex. This is a deeply moving account of recovery & the power of love. This book has 288 pages & is 22.2cm x 14.2cm x 2.6cm ...

Join Tom Baker (Little Britain, Doctor Who) & a squad of intrepid investigators, each with a nose for the unnatural, who are setting up camp in various locations around the UK, the world's most haunted country, in order to discover once & for all if ghosts really do exist! Using a combination of clairvoyants, dowsers & other paranormal techniques alongside more traditional historical research, the experts try to separate fact from fiction about many alleged hauntings. ...

When Daniel & his friends make up a ghost story about a terrifying dog, to frighten Aaron, what begins as a story turns into a nightmare. Each night the ghost dog, a howling monster, haunts Dan's dreams, & he suspects that what started in his imagination has somehow become real. ...

1754. Inseparable since birth & growing up in India, Theo & Connie Courtney are torn apart by the tragic death of their parents.

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Armed with his camera, Sir Simon Marsden has pursued the elusive trace of ghosts for nearly forty years. From Saint-Germain-en-Laye's history shrouded in black magic to Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau's mysterious cadavers & from Chenonceau's feuding women to the Gisor Fortress with its hidden Templar treasure, the author takes us on a riveting ghost hunt across France. Illustrated with supernaturally beautiful photographs, this travel journal unveils France's darkest secrets & most terrifying legends. ...

Details: From one of the legendary figures to emerge from the manga publishing phenomenon comes the second volume in this
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