Author: Mercedes Yaeger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615324920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Market Ghost Stories
Author: Mercedes Yaeger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615324920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615324920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
The Random House Book of Ghost Stories
Author: Susan Hill
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Seventeen ghost stories from England are cozy or comic rather than spooky.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Seventeen ghost stories from England are cozy or comic rather than spooky.
Ghost Stories of Washington
Author: Barbara Smith
Publisher: Lone Pine Pub
ISBN: 9781551052601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Enjoy this spooky romp through a world of restless spirits, from the ghost who warns hikers in the Cascades about a dangerous path, to the phantoms that roam the Seattle Underground. You'll read a fascinating account about a man wrongly lynched near Rockford. He swears revenge on the drunken vigilantes who strung him up--and they each die screaming. Another story tells of the spirits that ring the bells in the tower of Tacoma's Old City Hall--even after the bells have been made unusable.
Publisher: Lone Pine Pub
ISBN: 9781551052601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Enjoy this spooky romp through a world of restless spirits, from the ghost who warns hikers in the Cascades about a dangerous path, to the phantoms that roam the Seattle Underground. You'll read a fascinating account about a man wrongly lynched near Rockford. He swears revenge on the drunken vigilantes who strung him up--and they each die screaming. Another story tells of the spirits that ring the bells in the tower of Tacoma's Old City Hall--even after the bells have been made unusable.
Market Ghost Stories
Author: Mercedes Yaeger
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438962606
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Pike Place Market has been called the "Soul" of Seattle, now meet the "Souls" of Seattle. __________________________________________________ The Market in Seattle is a community unlike any other, with over 400 residents, social services, governing bodies, farmers, craftspeople and restaurants. Fish fly, buskers sing, and ghosts haunt the Arcades. Market Ghost Stories is a collection of oral ghost stories in the Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington. It is a narrative book written by tour guide, Mercedes Yaeger, who has grown up in the Pike Place Market. She owns a night time tour company that explores that ghost stories of the community and the eccentric history of the city. Market Ghost Stories includes stories of those people who lived on the land before 1907, when the Pike Place Market opened, such as Princess Angeline; daughter of Chief Seattle. It also includes stories about more recent souls who have departed and still remain in the Market's Arcades. In the Pike Place Market, Seattle's first mortuary stands, the remnants of a community graveyard have been unearthed, and an old brothel still has a red glow cast on its side. Michael Yaeger, the Market's honorary Mayor of the Market and father to the author writes: "Mercedes has anchored her stories in the history, legends and lore of this grand and colorful city and its native people in a truly interesting, compassionate and entertaining way."
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438962606
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Pike Place Market has been called the "Soul" of Seattle, now meet the "Souls" of Seattle. __________________________________________________ The Market in Seattle is a community unlike any other, with over 400 residents, social services, governing bodies, farmers, craftspeople and restaurants. Fish fly, buskers sing, and ghosts haunt the Arcades. Market Ghost Stories is a collection of oral ghost stories in the Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington. It is a narrative book written by tour guide, Mercedes Yaeger, who has grown up in the Pike Place Market. She owns a night time tour company that explores that ghost stories of the community and the eccentric history of the city. Market Ghost Stories includes stories of those people who lived on the land before 1907, when the Pike Place Market opened, such as Princess Angeline; daughter of Chief Seattle. It also includes stories about more recent souls who have departed and still remain in the Market's Arcades. In the Pike Place Market, Seattle's first mortuary stands, the remnants of a community graveyard have been unearthed, and an old brothel still has a red glow cast on its side. Michael Yaeger, the Market's honorary Mayor of the Market and father to the author writes: "Mercedes has anchored her stories in the history, legends and lore of this grand and colorful city and its native people in a truly interesting, compassionate and entertaining way."
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0241955718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. 'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0241955718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. 'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Ghosts of Houston's Market Square Park
Author: Sandra Lord and Debe Branning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467141305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Visitors to Market Square Park can pause on their stroll through the downtown centerpiece for a palpable experience of its past. Houston's first four city halls laid their foundations here, and relics of the square's heritage remain embedded in the sidewalks of the park. Chalk up a chance sneeze on Milam Street to the final ghostly gasp of dust from Robert Boyce's sawpits. Step from Congress Street into La Carafe, Houston's oldest commercial building, for the kind of atmosphere that even deceased bartenders are reluctant to leave. From the phantom tailors above Treebeard's to the forgotten mysteries of the town's founding, Sandra Lord and Debe Branning resurrect the history humming through the four blocks surrounding Market Square Park.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467141305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Visitors to Market Square Park can pause on their stroll through the downtown centerpiece for a palpable experience of its past. Houston's first four city halls laid their foundations here, and relics of the square's heritage remain embedded in the sidewalks of the park. Chalk up a chance sneeze on Milam Street to the final ghostly gasp of dust from Robert Boyce's sawpits. Step from Congress Street into La Carafe, Houston's oldest commercial building, for the kind of atmosphere that even deceased bartenders are reluctant to leave. From the phantom tailors above Treebeard's to the forgotten mysteries of the town's founding, Sandra Lord and Debe Branning resurrect the history humming through the four blocks surrounding Market Square Park.
Ghostland
Author: Colin Dickey
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101980192
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side of our history.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101980192
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side of our history.
The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories
Author: Mark Nesbitt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493043935
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Keystone State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Authors Mark Nesbitt and Patty A. Wilson shine a light in the dark corners of Pennsylvania and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions of fires and soldiers struggling in the cold at Valley Forge, to ghostly children stalking dormitories at Gettysburg College, these stories of strange occurrences are sure to send a chill up your spine. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493043935
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Keystone State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Authors Mark Nesbitt and Patty A. Wilson shine a light in the dark corners of Pennsylvania and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions of fires and soldiers struggling in the cold at Valley Forge, to ghostly children stalking dormitories at Gettysburg College, these stories of strange occurrences are sure to send a chill up your spine. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
Author: Cassandra Clare
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 1534433635
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
A #1 New York Times bestseller! From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller Cassandra Clare comes an exciting short story collection that follows Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow Markets around the world. Ghosts of the Shadow Market is set in the world of the Shadowhunters. The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks, and vampires. There, the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Shadowhunters to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the very heart of the Shadowhunters’ world. Jem Carstairs is searching through the Shadow Market, in many different cities over long years, for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see—against the backdrop of the Shadow Market’s dark dealings and spectacle—Anna Lightwood’s doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland’s soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Jem.
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 1534433635
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
A #1 New York Times bestseller! From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller Cassandra Clare comes an exciting short story collection that follows Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow Markets around the world. Ghosts of the Shadow Market is set in the world of the Shadowhunters. The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks, and vampires. There, the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Shadowhunters to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the very heart of the Shadowhunters’ world. Jem Carstairs is searching through the Shadow Market, in many different cities over long years, for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see—against the backdrop of the Shadow Market’s dark dealings and spectacle—Anna Lightwood’s doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland’s soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Jem.
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories
Author: Peter Haining
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1849015759
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Over 25 short story masterpieces from writers such as Louis de Bernières and Ian Rankin - modern literary tales to chill the blood. This spine-chilling new anthology of 20th and 21st century tales by big name writers is in the best traditions of literary ghost stories. It is just a little over a hundred years ago that the most famous literary ghost story, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, was published and in the intervening years a great many other distinguished writers have tried their hand at this popular genre - some basing their fictional tales on real supernatural experiences of their own.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1849015759
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Over 25 short story masterpieces from writers such as Louis de Bernières and Ian Rankin - modern literary tales to chill the blood. This spine-chilling new anthology of 20th and 21st century tales by big name writers is in the best traditions of literary ghost stories. It is just a little over a hundred years ago that the most famous literary ghost story, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, was published and in the intervening years a great many other distinguished writers have tried their hand at this popular genre - some basing their fictional tales on real supernatural experiences of their own.