Ghost Stories Books

Carnacki, The Ghost Finder

William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki, The Ghost Finder is a series of short stories about a man who makes his living by finding and exorcising ghosts. Most of these stories feature Carnacki racing to stay one step ahead of malig..

The Body-Snatcher

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson's short story The Body-Snatcher (1884) is the tale of MacFarlane and Fettes, a pair of "resurrection men," or body-snatchers - unsavory types who secretly disinter fresh corpses..

The Phantom Rickshaw

Rudyard Kipling

The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888) is a collection of haunting tales by Rudyard Kipling. The celebrated Nobel prize winner wrote this collection while living in British controlled Indi..

An Old Woman's Tale

Nathaniel Hawthorne

An Old Woman's Tale is a science fiction short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this story a young couple, David and Esther, either witnessed, or else dreamed that they witnessed, the return of long d..

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

Andrew Lang

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts is a collection of stories by Andrew Lang. The chief purpose of this book is, if fortune helps, to entertain people interested in the kind of narratives here collected.&n..

The Screaming Skull

F. Marion Crawford

The Screaming Skull is a novel by Marion Crawford. Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels. He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy. In 1879 he went to India,..

Indian Ghost Stories

S Mukerji

Indian Ghost Stories is a collection of ghost stories based on the beliefs in India written by S Mukerji. The stories in this book include His dead wife's photograph, The major's lease, The ..

The Shunned House

H. P. Lovecraft

The Shunned House is a horror fiction novelette by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written on October 16–19, 1924. It was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales...