Stories of Haunted Places and Tormented Souls: An Anthology

By R.L. McCallum

An AnthologySix Tales of the Paranormal.A travel writer and avid bicyclist is the focus of the first story, who, on Allhallows Eve, takes a ride on his bicycle from York, England to the moors of Yorkshire in search of ghost stories, he unfortunately finds himself in an unusual haunted house and in a peculiar situation. The second story relates to a contemporary man who is plagued by misfortune and finds his tragic redemption in Salem, Massachusetts during the witch trials of sixteen ninety-two. The third instalment regards a writer who is visited by a stranger who relates to him a story that is even stranger, a story of his terrifying experience on an Excursion train. The forth story tells of a doctor, who, during the Civil War in Louisville, Kentucky, devises a way to obtain cadavers for medical research, which ends in an experience of terror. The fifth tale recounts a story of a Russian woman whose wealthy father confines her to a monastery on the White Sea, where she remains, but after taking up painting, finds her escape in the portrait of a long dead knight of the Crusades. And finally, the last story relates to an opiate addled poet who is pursued by a dark allegory of death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541005163
• ISBN13: 9781541005167
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"