Ghost
The Ghost of Ellen Dower
Edward Dower, an enterprising fishing captain, in the year 1872 prosecuted the northern cod and seal with a determination that amazed friend and neighbour alike.
Ellen Dower, wife to Edward Dower and proprietress of their fishing firm, was a lady of standing in the little town of Conche, Newfoundland. Hers was an unrivalled beauty, and she was a re …
The Spectral Engine
To catch a glimpse of the Spectral Engine is to face death itself. In Ray Fawkes's stunning and boldly conceived new graphic novel, the Spectral Engine is also the supernatural device that ties together wide-ranging true stories -- set across the country and throughout time -- of discovery and loss, migration and dislocation, ambition and the cas …
Urban Legends
This book collects many of the intriguing modern myths that persistently do the rounds at water coolers all over the nation, from the vanishing hitchhiker to the tarantula crawling out of the bananas at the local grocery store. Great fun--you'll likely recognize a tale or two you've told friends yourself!
Victorian Ghost Stories
The Victorian era was a golden age of the paranormal. Famous writers, such as Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe, created fantastic tales that remain the models for contemporary ghost stories. As the interest in the paranormal grew, body-snatchers stole corpses from cemeteries and scientists tried to reanimate them, reflecting a society on the bri …
Wicked Woods
A new collection of ghost stories from every corner of New Brunswick.
Pull up a seat and listen closely-storyteller Steve Vernon has another collection of classic, bone-chilling tales to tell. Steve takes readers from one end of New Brunswick to the other, unearthing dark tales of strange happenings along the way-from the headless ghost that haunt …
