by Charles Dickens I have always noticed a prevalent want of courage, even among persons of superior intelligence and culture, as to imparting their own psychological experiences when those have been of a strange sort. Almost all men are afraid that what they could relate in such wise would find no parallel or response in [...]

The Tomb By: H.P. Lovecraft In relating the circumstances which have led to my confinement within this refuge for the demented, I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative. It is an unfortunate fact that the bulk of humanity is too limited in its mental [...]

The Tree By H.P. Lovecraft On a verdant slope of Mount Maenalus, in Arcadia, there stands an olive grove about the ruins of a villa. Close by is a tomb, once beautiful with the sublimest sculptures, but now fallen into as great decay as the house. At one end of that tomb, its curious roots [...]

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST By: Oscar Wilde An amusing chronicle of the tribulations of the Ghost of Canterville Chase when his ancestral halls became the home of the American Minister to the Court of St. James. Illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith John W. Luce and Company Boston and London 1906 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MISS VIRGINIA E. OTIS [...]

Basics of Ghost Stories The ghost story writer has to attract the reader’s attention straight away. The way story begins is important and often links with the rest of the narrative. The opening of a short story must try to engage the reader quickly. I think all ghost stories should always have a lot of [...]