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Resurrection Mary is possibly the most famous ghost story found in Chicago. Not only is the story famous, but it is one of the oldest ghost stories to call Chicago home.

Here, readers will find a blog-style story of a girl who has spent a lifetime chasing ghosts and seeing all the proof of their existence going to the non-believers.

While travelling, my companion and I ended up inadvertantly sleeping where a ghost lived, and that affected my friend greatly. I was able to help the ghost move on.

Coastal North Carolina benefits from the age old tradition of story telling in the best way- Wilmington's Haunted Ghost Walk. This walking tour around downtown will send chills down your spine as you listen to the history and strain to see a ghost!

You might think that selling yourself short is a sure way to not be a success in the ghost writing field. And your eyes are probably dancing with the large sums of money that you've heard ghost writers pull down.

The importance of ghost stories.

What better time of the year could there be for reading ghost stories? There is a chill in the air, the nights are longer, and things start to go bump in the night.

Book review of Alice Munro's short story collection, Runaway. This effort proves that Munro is a master of her time, a wonderful writer that countless try to imitate, and few manage to succeed on.

A spine chilling ghost story can be exhilarating in the right setting. Here's how to tell a ghost story that will hold your audience spellbound.

Part 1 of my ghost story series.

Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, is home to one of the most faked hauntings of all time, and it seemed as though everyone was taken in by the story. From ghost hunters to locals, everyone wanted to believe.

This is a series of chapters based on my experience with a ghost/haunting. The series is based on the chapters I am currently writing for my book about this amazing, interesting and unforgettable experience.

So how do we write a great short story? What are the things to keep in mind in order to come up with a short story that works? Here's a quick guide to get you started.

A review of the under-appreciated 1981 horror, Ghost Story (1981).

Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery", aroused much controversy and criticism in 1948, following its debut publication, in the New Yorker. Jackson uses irony and comedy to suggest an underlying evil, hypocrisy, and weakness of human kind.

I talk about several legends and ghost stories from North Carolina.

I've heard all kinds of ghost stories in my time. I live for them really, nothing better than a good ghost story around a summer campfire. I've heard of evil ghosts, friendly ghosts, playful ghosts...ghost ships and everything else ghost related.

Undying memories of being scared to death

Ghost stories around a campfire are as American as roasting marshmallow and hot dogs. You can also find ghost stories right in newspapers. Here's a few golden oldies.

Short stories are much different from novels, and setting the mood must be done much more quickly. In this article I explain how you can use description, dialogue, and action to effectively establish the mood of a short story.

A Short-Story Primer on Communications in Criminal Justice

While it would be expected for three closely related women to have much in common, Mama, Dee, and Maggie each have a very different life story, perspective on life, and concept of history.

Did the ghost of a murder victim actually come back to catch her killer? Many people believe that this story in West Virginia's history is true.

Though The Ghost Whisperer is fun to watch, it could benefit from being more realistic.

There's no shortage of fantastic Ghost Walks in North Carolina!

Three different stories claim that there is a headstone in a small cemetery where a chain grows every year.

The following paranormal experience that involved a ghost by a lake near my home completely took me by surprise, first and foremost because I didn't realize the person I was seeing was in fact a ghost.

The two-hour Roswell ghost tour thrills, chills and entertains with tales of the paranormal at antebellum houses, old mills, and the Founders' Cemetery. Bring a camera and see if you can capture something unexplained! The tour occurs weekends year-round.

With Halloween right around the corner, I recently went searching for a good book to read to put me in the spirit of the holiday. What better to do that than a book about, well, spirits?! This is a review of "The New England Ghost Files".

A round robin story just in time for Halloween! It's about an urban legend of ghosts.

A round robin story just in time for Halloween! It's about an urban legend of ghosts, possession, being stranded on a back road on an autumn night, and more!

DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW: A round robin story just in time for Halloween! It's about an urban legend of ghosts, possession, being stranded on a back road on an autumn night, and more!

A round robin story just in time for Halloween! It's about an urban legend of ghosts, possession, being stranded on a back road on an autumn night, and more!

A round robin story just in time for Halloween! It's about an urban legend of ghosts, possession, being stranded on a back road on an autumn night, and more!

This is a personal story of my son's psychic experience of seeing a ghost.

Today's interview is with Deborah R., Founder and Director of Ghost Seekers, a paranormal research group based in Oregon that was started in 2006.

I used to have a ghost in my upstairs hallway. Read the chilling true story of how I discovered who she was, and how I banished her from my hallway!

CBS television with Sander/Moses Productions and Touchstone Television is launching the first series of webisodes in connection with their second season of Ghost Whisperer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. Check out what happened as I visited the set of this exciting CBS show.

Patrick Burns and his Ghost Hunters Paranormal Investigative Group use scientific methods to look for paranormal activity in Georgia and elsewhere. They welcome everyone from believers to skeptics who are willing to keep an open mind to join for free.

There have been many reported cases of animal hauntings in the history of paranormal research. The problem is that they don't tend to get as much attention as human hauntings do. This article looks at the mystery of animal ghosts.

Presented here are some general tips for young writers beginning their first or one of their first short stories. A quick and easy guide.

The short story, as a writing design, is as old as the written word. Though briefer than a novel, it requires the same kind of planning and attention to detail that any good writing demands.

This article is about the short story Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin.

Though Stephen King is notorious for writing huge novels, some of his best stories are the short ones. MUTE is his newest short story, recently published in the December edition of Playboy Magazine.

Reader review of 'H,' a short story by horror author, Stefan Bourque.

The narrator of the short story Araby, is a young boy who is developing in the midst of youthful innocence, and the harsh shadows of reality. The young boy takes advantage of his youthfulness as he often plays with his friends

Review of horror author Stefan Bourque's short story, "Colder Than You Think."

Short story review of Stefan Bourque's "The Greeter."

This is a review of horror writer, Stefan Bourque's short story, "Heartburn."

Many people think that writing a short story should be pretty easy. With this easy seven-step plan for short story writing, you should be able to turn out great short stories in no time.