Ghost Stories | Raging Biblio-holism

Mr. Splitfoot

October 28, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Sometime in the 1990s, Ruth and Nat, two orphan children raised on a farm of other orphans, meet a mysterious stranger who begins to manage their budding career as psychic mediums. In the present, Ruth’s niece Cora is unexpectedly pregnant – and meets Ruth late one night, when she convinces Cora to leave on a trek with her. The two tales will intertwine in far upstate New York, across time and space… The Review: I knew next […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Gothic, Indiespensable, Literature, Mr. Splitfoot, Religion, review, Reviews, Samantha Hunt

The Fifty Year Sword

October 28, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: At a birthday party somewhere in East Texas, Chintana is unhappy – mainly, although not completely, because her recently deceased husband had slept with the birthday girl. She ends up joining a group of five orphans for their story time but the story is not quite what anyone expected and the storyteller carries with him a long black case with five clasps. Do they dare open it, even after hearing the man’s story? The Review: It’s quite clear, […]

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Literature • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Ghost Stories, Halloween, Horror, Literature, Mark Z. Danielewski, Reviews, The Fifty Year Sword

Starter House

June 20, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: Lacey and Eric have just bought a lovely house – a fixer-upper, sure, but the sort of house that you make your own and you grow into with a family. It’ll be perfect to raise their expectant child – but the house, it seems, comes with a child of its own already: a ferocious young boy named Drew, who may or may not be responsible for several murders in the house over many years… The Review: You […]

Categories: Fiction • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Ghost Stories, Horror, Reviews, Sonja Condit, Starter House

Her Fearful Symmetry

April 25, 2012 by Drew

The Short Version: Elspeth Noblin dies unfortunately young, leaving her flat and all her posessions to her twin nieces – the daughters of her own twin. The nieces, mirror twins (literally), move to London and take up residence in the flat, only to find that Elspeth might be dead but she’s certainly not gone. A modern gothic tale ensues, complete with twist endings. The Review: I took a class my freshman year of college called “Poe & The Gothic”. I […]

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Literature • Tags: Audrey Niffenegger, Fiction, Ghost Stories, Gothic, Her Fearful Symmetry, Horror, Literature

The Turn of the Screw

April 16, 2011 by Drew

The Short Version: The tale of an unnamed governess who comes to an estate in Bly (outside London) and takes on the charge of two young children. She shortly begins to see ghosts and to question the affect these malevolent creatures may have on her young charges. There’s also a question of her sanity – and the story ends with a deadly exorcism. The Review: I’ve wanted to read this story for ages. Ever since I missed the Boston Lyric Opera’s first-ever […]

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Literature • Tags: Fiction, Ghost Stories, Henry James, Horror, Literature, The Turn of the Screw

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Tag: Ghost Stories

Mr. Splitfoot

The Fifty Year Sword

Starter House

Her Fearful Symmetry

The Turn of the Screw