Project Gutenberg 2016-10-31 Public domain in the USA. 841 Holland, W. Bob (West Bob) 1868 1932 Holland, West Bob Twenty-Five Ghost Stories 25 Ghost Stories Preface -- The black cat -- The flayed hand -- The vengeance of a tree -- The parlor-car ghost -- Ghost of Buckstown Inn -- The burglar's ghost -- A phantom toe -- Mrs. Davenport's ghost -- The phantom woman -- The phantom hag -- From the tomb -- Sandy's ghost -- The ghosts of Red Creek -- The spectre bride -- How he caught the ghost -- Grand-dame's ghost story -- A fight with a ghost -- Colonel Halifax's ghost story -- The ghost of the count -- The old mansion -- A misfit ghost -- An unbidden guest -- The dead woman's photograph -- The ghost of a live man -- The ghost of Washington. Produced by David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Twenty-Five Ghost Stories" by W. Bob Holland is a collection of supernatural tales compiled and edited in the early 20th century. This anthology captures the essence of ghostly encounters, eerie experiences, and the enigmatic presence of spirits. It showcases renowned stories such as Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," exploring themes of guilt, madness, and the consequences of one's actions involving supernatural influences. At the start of the collection, the preface reveals the editor's longstanding fascination with supernatural tales, noting that both young and old are captivated by eerie stories. The opening story, "The Black Cat," introduces a character struggling with alcoholism who descends into madness after cruelly mistreating his beloved cat. Following a chilling series of events, including an act of violence leading to his wife's tragic end, the protagonist experiences haunting retribution from the feline spirit. The collection promises various ghostly narratives that blur the lines of reality and the supernatural, enticing readers with suspense and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Ghost stories PN Text Horror Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 375599 375630 2024-09-22T08:16:41.195583 2023-09-23T06:46:19.186699 text/html text/html 376551 2021-01-24T19:44:11 text/html; charset=utf-8 957849 2021-01-24T19:44:11 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1063423 2024-09-22T08:16:47.170558 application/epub+zip 1064819 2024-09-22T08:16:42.293567 application/epub+zip 220539 2024-09-22T08:16:41.748528 application/epub+zip 1188759 2024-09-22T08:16:51.111535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1144561 2024-09-22T08:16:46.590521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302268 2022-09-24T09:04:13.471104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337957 337739 2024-09-22T08:16:40.491533 2023-09-23T06:46:18.538654 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 337802 2016-11-02T05:24:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 131222 2016-11-02T05:24:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19114 2024-09-22T08:16:51.250484 application/rdf+xml 25019 2024-09-22T08:16:41.831526 image/jpeg 3235 2024-09-22T08:16:41.788537 image/jpeg 962301 2024-09-22T08:16:41.257527 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog