The Ghost of Christmas Always

The Ghost of Christmas Always
Author: Kevin J. Anderson
Publisher: WordFire +ORM
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2021-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1680572725

“A sentimental yarn in which Charles Dickens’s long-deceased sister-in-law inspires him to write A Christmas Carol.” —Publishers Weekly A Dickensian tale for the holidays! Charles Dickens, struggling writer, is haunted by the ghost of his lost sister-in-law, Mary Hogarth. In his darkest Christmastime, she comes to him in visions to inspire his writing, to make him reflect on the pivotal moments of his life . . . and to spark the idea for one of the greatest Christmas stories of all time. A remarkable holiday tale by #1 international bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson. Bonus, includes the original Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol.

Ghosts of Christmas Past

Ghosts of Christmas Past
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: John Murray
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2017-10-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473663474

A present contains a monstrous secret. An uninvited guest haunts a Christmas party. A shadow slips across the floor by firelight. A festive entertainment ends in darkness and screams. Who knows what haunts the night at the dark point of the year? This collection of seasonal chillers looks beneath Christmas cheer to a world of ghosts and horrors, mixing terrifying modern fiction with classic stories by masters of the macabre. From Neil Gaiman and M. R. James to Muriel Spark and E. Nesbit, there are stories here to make the hardiest soul quail - so find a comfy chair, lock the door, ignore the cold breath on your neck and get ready to welcome in the real spirits of Christmas.

The Ghost of Christmas Always: Includes the Original Charles Dickens Classic, A Christmas Carol

The Ghost of Christmas Always: Includes the Original Charles Dickens Classic, A Christmas Carol
Author: Kevin J. Anderson
Publisher: Wordfire Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781680572711

A Dickensian tale for the holidays! Charles Dickens, struggling writer, is haunted by the ghost of his lost sister-in-law, Mary Hogarth. In his darkest Christmastime, she comes to him in visions to inspire his writing, to make him reflect on the pivotal moments of his life ... and to spark the idea for one of the greatest Christmas stories of all time. A remarkable holiday tale by #1 international bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson. Bonus, includes the original Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol.

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories
Author: Algernon Blackwood
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2002-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101157151

By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including "The Willows," which Lovecraft singled out as "the single finest weird tale in literature"; "The Wendigo"; "The Insanity of Jones"; and "Sand." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Christmas Carol Vs. the Ghost of Christmas Presents

Christmas Carol Vs. the Ghost of Christmas Presents
Author: James Pujals
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2019-12-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578583402

On Christmas Eve, while Santa Claus and his elves were busy getting ready for their most important night of the year, an Evil Snowman broke into Santa's workshop and stole some of the presents! With no time to lose, Santa sent his most trusted and resourceful elf, Carol Greenleaf, to confront the fiend and return the stolen presents.Meanwhile, the Evil Snowman has hidden the loot deep within the Frozen Ice-Cube Caverns, nestled away in the Himalayan mountains. The caverns are haunted by the legendary Ghost Of Christmas Presents, a mysterious and spooky spirit who will steal any present he can get his hands on.Relying on her wits and resourcefulness (and a little bit of magic), Carol must explore the dark and frozen caverns, defeat her villainous foes, and return the stolen presents before time runs out. Christmas morning is approaching fast, and the children of the world are counting on her.

The Ghost of Anna

The Ghost of Anna
Author: S.J. Groves
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2012-08-22
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1477222588

This is in essense a ghost story, the old fashioned kind! but it does deal with other complex family issues! Sarah Jones was a 6 year old little girl living with her family in an old house, that was the family's home in the town of Bristol, the southwest of England, set in 1974 to end of 1984. You will follow Sarah's chilly haunting memories of a ghost of a little girl Anna and her father, through Sarah's eyes as her experiences from the age of 6 become more apparent with sinister intentions. Sarah and her family will learn of the dark secrets this house holds, unknowing that a evil presence wants this secret to stay hidden and will do whatever it takes to keep it that way! This is based on true events that happened to a family in an actual house! This is one of the first of three books, a trilogy. Second is a prequel to the first set in 1860 - 1880 and the third a sequel to the first set in 1985 - 2012

The Ghost of Christmas Past

The Ghost of Christmas Past
Author: Rhys Bowen
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-11-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250125731

From Rhys Bowen, the author of In Farleigh Field, comes the next Molly Murphy mystery: The Ghost of Christmas Past. Semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is suffering from depression after a miscarriage following her adventure in San Francisco during the earthquake of 1906. She and her husband, Daniel, are invited for Christmas at a mansion on the Hudson, and they gratefully accept, expecting a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. Not long after they arrive, however, they start to feel the tension in the house’s atmosphere. Then they learn that the host couple's young daughter wandered out into the snow ten years ago and was never seen again. Molly can identify with the mother's pain at never knowing what happened to her child and wants to help, but there is so little to go on. No ransom note. No body ever found. But Molly slowly begins to suspect that the occupants of the house know more than they are letting on. Then, on Christmas Eve, there is a knock at the door and a young girl stands there. "I'm Charlotte," she says. "I've come home."

The Ghost of Christmas Past

The Ghost of Christmas Past
Author: Michael Hebler
Publisher: Night After Night Publications, LLC
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2016-09-30
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9780692674086

**Beverly Hills Book Award Finalist** A Holiday Journey Into Life...And Afterlife Based on Charles Dickens' character of the same name, the radiant spirit is given another chance to shine when it embarks on a spiritual adventure of its own to find meaning for its being.