Men, Women, And Ghosts

By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Men women and ghosts is a collection of short fiction that combines domestic realism with supernatural elements to examine emotional strain, moral choice, and hidden inner life. The stories unfold within households and close social circles where affection, disappointment, and obligation shape behavior. Everyday situations are used to reveal deeper psychological conflict and ethical questioning. Ghostly or uncanny presences appear as both narrative devices and symbolic expressions of memory, guilt, and unresolved attachment. The collection gives particular attention to women's emotional labor, social limits, and personal resilience within changing cultural expectations. Relationships are tested through illness, separation, misunderstanding, and sacrifice. The tone shifts between intimate realism and quiet mystery, allowing spiritual suggestion to deepen character study rather than dominate plot. Recurring ideas include conscience, compassion, loss, and redemption through understanding. The work presents the unseen not merely as horror but as emotional truth, suggesting that private feeling and moral awareness exert lasting influence on outward life and human connection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378301789
• ISBN13: 9789378301780
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Double 9 Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"