Ghost Stories

Step into a world of restless spirits, haunted places and encounters with those who should be gone. Our ghost stories range from quiet, unsettling hauntings to terrifying confrontations with the dead, exploring grief, secrets and the traces people leave behind. Some ghosts want to be heard, others want something back, and a few would rather you had never noticed them at all.

The Lantern That Remembered My Name

The Lantern That Remembered My Name

When my mother died, I inherited three things I did not want: her tenancy, her debts, and a brass oil…
The Brass Mirror That Learned My Name

The Brass Mirror That Learned My Name

The first time I saw the mirror, it was hanging in a pawnshop window between a cracked lampshade and a…
The Whispers Behind the Static

The Whispers Behind the Static

By the time Lara Keene heard the voice in her headset, she had already stopped believing in silence.The old broadcasting…
The Lantern in the Hall of Vanished Faces

The Lantern in the Hall of Vanished Faces

By the time the first person in São Miguel de Vento called it a ghost, the building had already been…
The Bell That Rang from Inside Her Shadow

The Bell That Rang from Inside Her Shadow

When the bell began to ring, Mara first thought it was someone in the alley below her flat, striking a…
The House That Learned Our Names

The House That Learned Our Names

On the first night, we thought it was the neighbours.We had only been in the house on Bower Street for…
The Lantern Keeper of Blackwater Abbey

The Lantern Keeper of Blackwater Abbey

By the time the road reached Blackwater Abbey, the daylight was already going. Winter dusk lay flat over the fields,…
The Last Fare Before Dawn

The Last Fare Before Dawn

By the time the first bus was due, the depot at Kettering had gone quiet in the way places do…
The Widow’s Ledger of Small Wrongs

The Widow’s Ledger of Small Wrongs

I first saw the ledger in the back room of the deceased estates shop on Bellamy Street, where damp had…
The House That Keeps the Children

The House That Keeps the Children

By the time I agreed to spend the summer at Hollingrove House, I was already in debt to the point…
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