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This is a collection of ghost stories from Nova Scotia- from the restless spirits of Devil's Island to the Black Dog of Antigonish Harbour. Documented and well-known stories from the provincial archives are mixed with word-of-mouth legends of strange happenings and scary sightings from across Nova Scotia. Steve Vernon relies on his storytelling experience to create moody and terrifying tales from the annals of history.
2) Wicked Woods
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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 haunts those who pass through Johnville's covered bridge, to the spirit of a murdered man that guards long-buried...
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The wind is howling and a full moon is in the sky-it must be time for more chilling tales from storyteller Steve Vernon. Spanning the length and width of Nova Scotia, these 25 blood-chilling yarns make perfect campfire fare. Some stories are so terrifying that they have been told far and wide, such as the Ghosts of Oak Island or the haunting of Esther Cox. Others, including the Murder Island Massacre and the Caledonia Mills Spook, might be lesser...
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Tres jóvenes están a punto de descubrir exactamente qué secreto oscuro y aterrador hay detrás del misterioso gato negro. Nadie sabía realmente por cuánto tiempo la mansión del viejo Funnel había estado vacía esperando en lo alto de la colina de Carpenter como la lonchera olvidada de un niño. Tampoco se sabía por cuánto tiempo ese viejo gato gris se había acurrucado detrás del mosquitero de la ventana del porche delantero. Tres jóvenes...
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Su nombre era Adam Kyler. Tenía ojos negros como azufaifas de regaliz y un rizo en forma de escupitajo enganchado en la frente que me recordaba a un joven superhombre. Él tenía nueve años. No era su culpa que estuviera parado en el callejón, pero de igual forma le disparé...
DOPPLE DRIBBLE es una historia de venganza desde más allá de la tumba y le garantizo sin lugar a dudas que después de leer esta historia, la próxima vez que...
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Il s'appelait Adam Kyler. Il avait des yeux noirs comme des jujubes de réglisse et une boucle de crachat accrochée sur son front qui me faisait penser à un jeune Superman. Il avait neuf ans. Ce n'était pas sa faute s'il était dans la ruelle, mais je lui ai quand même tiré dessus...
DOPPLE DRIBBLE est une histoire de vengeance d'au-delà de la tombe et je vous garantis sans l'ombre d'un doute qu'après avoir lu cette histoire, vous entendrez...
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Welcome to the hard streets.
This is one of the nastiest novellas that I have ever written. There are three nasty stories as well. ALL of them are guaranteed to seriously creep you out. This is hardcore chill.
LEFTOVERS- What's left of a man when everything worth losing has already been lost? Is vengeance worth any price? Ask Father Simon. Leftovers is a story of redemption, sacrifice and leftovers. It is a story of the bottom and what you find...
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The leaves are falling.
You can smell that long-dying aroma of Autumn in the air. Kids are talking trick or treat and the leaves are already screaming at you in red and yellow and deep golden rust as they prepare for one final parachute down into the dirt. The tombstones are talking amongst themselves and winter is hiding just around the corner.
It is the time of the year when people draw around the wood stove and the campfire and whisper stories...
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"Odio los gatos más que cualquier otra persona sobre la faz de la tierra," siempre nos decía el abuelo. "A un perro lo puedes llevar a cazar, a un alce le puedes disparar, pero un gato solo se mete en tu camino, vomita sobre la alfombra en la mitad de la noche, usualmente en el mismo lugar donde pones tus pies descalzos a primera hora en la mañana y luego quedas caminando con tus pies oliendo a vómito de gato."
Por supuesto, siempre dudé de...
11) Bigfoot Tracks
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Everything that you have read about Bigfoot is a lie.
Everything that you have HEARD about Bigfoot is the truth!
Enjoy three stories from the files of The Creep Squad - that pack of cryptids, legends, and nondescript rumors who fight crime and misjustice anywhere that you aren't looking.
What if ALL the stories were true?
What if Bigfoot really did exist? What if he depended upon people's belief in him for his very existence?
What if he needed...
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Ghost stories. Everyone knows one. Everyone can tell you one. Ghost stories haunt and linger and tantalize. Come on along with Steve Vernon - ghost story collector, writer, and teller, as he brings you eight of the creepiest yarns imaginable, stories that will creep up on you and teach you the fine old art of the booga-booga. Eight stories, including Steve's haunting salute to the road gang, "The Forever Long Road of Olan Walker". Walk down this road,...
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Tommy has come home from the city to visit his Dad for one last time. He is determined to get to the bottom, of all of the secrets that his Dad has kept for hidden behind a smokescreen of storytelling and charm. It turns out that some secrets are best left untold.
NOT JUST ANY OLD GHOST STORY is a quiet little story about coming home and ghosts that you can never escape and a love that never dies. It is a story that will take you to the very heart...
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If you're from Halifax, you've probably heard that the Five Fisherman Restaurant is supposedly haunted, and that Georges Island is overrun with ghosts. If you're from Nova Scotia, you probably know about rumours of buried treasure on Oak Island, or about the UFO sighting in Shag Harbour. But what about the Grey Lady of Stoney Beach? Or the Ghost of Haddon Hall? Featuring addresses and GPS coordinates, this guide to Nova Scotian haunts maps out the...