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The Corona Book of Ghost Stories: The best in new short stories of the paranormal Kindle Edition
For whatever your interest in the paranormal, we all love a good ghost story and this collection brings you 16 of the best from the most talented new writers – especially selected for this book from hundreds of stories worldwide.
From a reservoir in Scotland to an opulent Italian hotel to a drab apartment block in New York State, ghosts are everywhere.
Dip your toe, if you dare, and find out what lies beneath the covers. You’ll find the dead reaching out from the past for help as well as those with vengeance on their mind. And there’s always the one who doesn’t even realise they’re dead…
It’s a collection of modern paranormal fiction at its spine-chilling best – a must read not only for fans of horror but anyone who loves a good ghost story.
The full list of contributing authors is:
1. Jude Reid
2. Mike Sherer
3. John Mueter
4. Ali Habashi
5. Sue Eaton
6. Phillip Drake
7. Matthew Gorman
8. Eryn Hiscock
9. C.M. Saunders
10. Angelique Fawns
11. Christopher Wilson
12. C.E. Rickard
13. Phillip Tomasso
14. Donna L. Greenwood
15. Jill Hand
16. J.A.W. McCarthy
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 1, 2019
- File size471 KB
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Product details
- ASIN : B07WW7XS26
- Publisher : Corona Books UK (October 1, 2019)
- Publication date : October 1, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 471 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 152 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,782,783 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6,152 in Horror Short Stories
- #16,410 in Ghost Fiction
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About the authors
Christian Saunders, who writes fiction as C.M. Saunders, began writing in 1997, his early fiction appearing in several small-press titles and anthologies. His first book, Into the Dragon's Lair - A Supernatural History of Wales was published in 2003. After graduating with a degree in journalism from Southampton Solent university he worked extensively in the freelance market, contributing to numerous international publications including Fortean Times, Chat, Its Fate! Bizarre, Urban Ink, Enigma, Record Collector, Nuts and Maxim, and a regular column to the Western Mail newspaper. He has also held desk jobs at several newsstand magazines including Nuts, Forever Sports and Coach.
Since returning to dark fiction he has had stories published in Screams of Terror, Shallow Graves, Dark Valentine, Fantastic Horror, Unbroken Waters, Gore magazine, The Literary Hatchet and others, as well as several anthologies. These works have been collected in his X series of short fiction, which currently stands at four volumes. His novellas Apartment 14F, Out of Time, Dead of Night, Devil's Island, No Man's Land: Horror in the Trenches and Human Waste are available now, as is his acclaimed historical novel Sker House. His latest release is Tethered, on Terror Tract Publishing.
You are cordially invited to visit his blog:
http://cmsaunders.wordpress.com/
Or view his Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CMSaunders01/
Tomasso is an award-winning, Amazon Best Selling author of thirty books, and novellas.
Prolific, Tomasso has published novels for young readers, suspense enthusiasts, legal thrillers, mysteries, science fiction, horror, fantasy, books for young adults (YA), and non-fiction. Currently, Tomasso focuses most of his efforts on nonfiction, like his memoirs, Nothing Good Happens After Midnight.
Tomasso works full-time as a Fire/EMS Dispatcher for 911 and dedicates his time to working on new writing projects and his three children.
Follow him on FB: www.facebook.com/authorphilliptomasso
Phillip Drake is a football historian and sports enthusiast who has begun writing books on football history. His hobbies away from football and writing include the supernatural and true crime.
Phil is an Oxford University man, he didn't study there, but he always roots for them in the Boat Race!
You can contact Phil at: drakey6.pd@googlemail.com
Or via his website at: www.phildrakeauthor.wixsite.com/pdrake-official
Jill Hand is a member of International Thriller Writers. Her Southern Gothic novels, White Oaks, and Black Willows, are available on Amazon and from the publisher, Black Rose Writing.
Advance readers called White Oaks a fast-paced, hilarious account of three siblings who are competing for their father's forty-billion-dollar fortune while trying to prevent the destruction of Planet Earth.
Diane Donovan, senior reviewer from Midwest Book Review praised White Oaks, calling it, "an unusually multifaceted tale that holds the ability to prompt laughter from thriller-style tension."
A sequel to White Oaks, Black Willows, follows the adventures of the squabbling, dysfunctional Trapnell family.
Sue Eaton (in her prime) is a former teacher who was born in Northamptonshire, England. She now lives in leafy Cheshire with time to write and read. Her favourite reads are inclined towards horror and science fiction, particularly Doctor Who and John Wyndham. Her writing reflects this.
Published works to date include stories in The Corona Book of Horror Stories, The Second Corona Book of Horror Stories, The Corona Book of Science Fiction and her debut novel, The Woman Who Was Not His Wife.
Work also includes a piece on 'Chalk face Love Songs' BBC Radio 4.
Jude lives in the UK and writes to fill the gaps between full time work, running after her kids and trying to wear out a border collie. She loves Zombies, Run, ITF Tae Kwon Do, playing D and D and drinks a powerful load of coffee.
You can listen to some of her audiodrama work here:
www.hunterhoose.co.uk
Angelique Fawns is a journalist and writer of speculative fiction. When not spinning dark tale, she interviews and promotes the publishers and writers of the genre. She lives in Canada and you can find more of her work at www.fawns.ca
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I live in the Greater Cincinnati area of southwest Ohio. My screenplay 'Hamal 18' was produced in Los Angeles and released direct to DVD. My paranormal suspense novel 'A Cold Dish' was published by James Ward Kirk Fiction. I have also published 4 novellas (including Under a Raging Moon) and 18 short stories. Links to all these are posted on my website: www.mikesherer.wordpress.com Also on the site is my travel blog 'American Locations', and information about my MG novel 'Shadytown', which is to be published January 2020 by INtense Publications.
Matthew Gorman is an author of speculative fiction residing in Edmonds, Washington who specializes in supernatural horror. His work has appeared online and in a number of print anthologies including Horrortree.com’s Trembling With Fear, The Corona Book of Ghost Stories, and Flame Tree Publishing’s Supernatural Horror edition from their Gothic Fantasy series.
J.A.W. McCarthy is the author of SOMETIMES WE'RE CRUEL AND OTHER STORIES. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including Vastarien, LampLight, Apparition Lit, Tales to Terrify, and The Best Horror of the Year Vol 13 (ed. Ellen Datlow). She lives with her husband and assistant cats in the Pacific Northwest, where she gets most of her ideas late at night, while she’s trying to sleep. You can call her Jen on Twitter @JAWMcCarthy, and find out more at www.jawmccarthy.com.
Photo by Jenny Jimenez
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I must be getting jaded when it comes to ghost stories (I read many), as none of these were particularly surprising or suspenseful. I did enjoy reading the book however. My favorite stories were "Everything Here is Mine", "Anna in the Night", and "Ligeia". This is the kind of book you'll read once, happily enjoy while doing so, and likely never come back for a second go.
I rate it a 4, based on the FCP book review standard. Priced at $2.99 on Amazon, this is a good value and sure to entertain.
My picks of the bunch are 'Ligeia' by Mike Sherer, a seductive tale of a dangerous Siren; 'The Garden' by Sue Eaton, an interesting take of eco-horror; 'Swim At Your Own Risk' by Matthew Gorman, simple yet terribly effective; 'The Walking Woman' by Christopher Wilson, a tragic haunting story, and 'Everything Here Is Mine' by J.A.W McCarthy, a dark tale of vengeance. Overall, an entertaining horror anthology and I'm happy to discover new authors to read!
Thank you to the publisher for a review copy.
Full disclosure: I'm one of the authors. My short story, The Scrambler, is based on a real event that happened to me in Maine long ago. That's all I'll say about THAT, although I still feel a chill when I hear an old-fashioned telephone ring.
Swim at Your Own Risk, by Matthew Gorman is among my favorites. It takes place in a luxury hotel in Rome and involves a tourist who encounters a little girl at the hotel's swimming pool.
Button, Button by Eryn Hiscock absolutely blew me away. It begins humorously with a Civil War re-enactor turning up at a woman's home, asking for something to eat, and it slowly gets...weird.
All the tales in this anthology are worthwhile. I know I'll be reading them again and again.
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There wasn't a bad story in the book.
All in all a 5 star rating from me.



