ghost story
a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.
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It’s about the huge differences between urban and rural California, the rich and the poor, how a town overcame being dragged to hell and back, and what we have to learn from the fading ghost stories of the 20th century.
Tell ghost stories or don’t, drink or don’t, ditch your tent and sleep under the stars, doze off under the stars and crawl into your tent at two in the morning.
Feeling a bit like a Dickensian tale of a boy going to the big city, it soon morphs into a ghost story.
African speculative fiction is finally getting its due. Let’s talk about books to seek out. | Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Lavie Tidhar | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostWhen, over the years, I’ve wanted to learn more about Jules Verne, fantasy and science fiction or the classic ghost story, I started by hanging out — either online or in person — with scholars and fans who generously shared their expert knowledge.
How did all these books get into my house? There’s a method to what seems like madness. | Michael Dirda | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostHousebound begins like a fairly straightforward ghost story, but then takes a few turns that keep it tonally interesting.
One Good Thing: Housebound is the perfect horror comedy for the perpetually quarantined | Aja Romano | December 31, 2020 | Vox
For so much of the Harry Potter series, Voldemort was the ghost story, but Dolores Umbridge was the actual ghost.
J.K. Rowling Pens the Greatest Horror Story Ever: Dolores Umbridge Was Real | Kevin Fallon | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all, what is history, but a very detailed ghost story?
Along this sky-high route, nearly every 19th-century saloon or historic hotel has a ghost story to tell.
You Are One of Them By Elliott Holt A novel of the Cold War experience told through a ghost story.
You hope that the narrative will go off the rails, but Holt sticks to the boundaries of a ghost story.
It may be said that the truth of this ghost story rests mainly on a stick—leans upon a "heavy white cane."
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George CruikshankThe ghost story is as old as human speech,—and perhaps even antedates it.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousThe ghost story may thus quite conceivably be the first form of tale ever invented.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousIf I did not accomplish these things my ghost story would be unworthy of its name.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) | Florence A. Thomas MarshallIf I did not accomplish these things, my ghost story would be unworthy of its name.
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