A reader's theater script, based on S. E. Schlosser's retelling of Fifty-Cent Piece, is provided on this site. Eight character roles are needed in this ghost story.

Spooky stories featuring the supernatural were all the rage during the darkest time of the year. Towards the end of each year, as fireplaces are lit and hot cocoa is made, Americans have made it a tradition to revisit their favorite...

This is the complete text of the short story collection Ghosts I have Met and Some Others by John Kendrick Bangs.

The full text of the short story "Stories of Lough Guir" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is known as the father of the Victorian ghost story. In "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling" a ghost is in search of its lost legal papers. Read the full text on this site.

This is the text of the short story "An Astral Onion" by Elia W. Peattie, a ghost story.

Read the famous short story "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde about an American family who moves to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his wife and was starved to death by his wife's brothers.

Read the full text of the short story "The Ghost in the Crosstrees" by Frank Norris.

This site features links to the full text of 21 short stories by Elia W. Peattie such as "An Astral Onion," "A Child of the Rain," "A Grammatical Ghost," "The Room of the Evil Thought," "The Shape of Fear," "Their Dear Little Ghost" and...

Discover detailed information about the Silk Road, a network of trade routes that connected the East and West from China to the Mediterranean Sea. Read stories of wealthy merchants, deadly bandits, fabulous cities, ghosts and genies, and...