Ghost Stories Books

The Abbot's Ghost

Louisa May Alcott

Written by Louisa May Alcott under her pseudonym, A. M. Barnard, this Christmas story deals with the themes of love and defending one's honor. Although he is disinherited and poor, Maurice Traherne tr..

Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Though carefully educated in medicine and surgery, I have never practised either. The study of each continues, nevertheless, to interest me profoundly. Neither idleness nor caprice caused my secession..

The Tapestried Chamber, and Death of the Laird's Jock

Walter Scott

The Tapestried Chamber, and Death of the Laird's Jock is a ghost story collection of just 2 stories written by Walter Scott, a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his..

Each Man Kills

Victoria Glad

Each Man Kills is a short ghost story written by Victoria Glad.Excerpts:I wanted to punch his head in. For some reason I didn't like him. Not because I sensed his rivalry; I was above that. God k..

J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 is a multi volume collection of ghost stories written by Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu, who was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horro..

Famous Modern Ghost Stories

Dorothy Scarborough

Famous Modern Ghost Stories written by popular authors and collected by Emily Dorothy Scarborough was an American writer who wrote about Texas, folk culture, cotton farming, ghost stories and wom..

Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts - A Book of Stories

Arthur Quiller-Couch

Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts: A Book of Stories is a collection of British short stories written by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, a Cornish writer remembered mainly for the monumental publi..

Skulls in the Stars

Robert E. Howard

Skulls in the Stars is ghost story written by Robert Ervin Howard, an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian a..