Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales
9 best books like Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales (Brian Jacques): The Starlight Barking, Mermaid Tales from Around the World, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Children of Amarid, Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, Making Magic: Weaving Together the Everyday and the Extraordinary, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon, Far Orbit: Speculative Space Adventures
| Author | Dodie Smith |
| ISBN | 1405204125 |
Dodie Smith's The Hundred and One Dalmatians, later adapted by Disney, was declared a classic when first published in 1956. The Starlight Barking, Dodie's own long-forgotten sequel, is a thrilling new adventure for Pongo and his family. As the story opens, every living creature except dogs is gripped...
OMG guys!!!! Look!!! Mermaids!!!!!
So I found this as I was cleaning out an old closet and totally forgot that I stole this from a library when I lived in Virginia a decade ago. Shhhhhh.....don't tell Erica.
So I decided to delve in. I've been in a mermaid place lately. I need to get...
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
| Author | Alvin Schwartz |
| ISBN | 0397320825 |
All those who enjoyed shuddering their way through Alvin Schwartz's first volume of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark will find a satisfyingly spooky sequel in this new collection of the macabre, the funny, and the fantastic.Is it possible to die -- and not know it? What if a person is buried too soon? What...
| Author | David B. Coe |
| ISBN | 0812552547 |
Tobyn-Ser is a gentle, bounteous land of small villages and close-knit communities, of dark woods and swift-running streams, of broad plains and clear lakes. But its idyllic peace is being disturbed by terrible rumors of mages seen committing horrible, violent acts, destroying crops, burning villages...
| Author | Alvin Schwartz |
| ISBN | 0064441709 |
For folk tales and scary stories, especially ones taken from legends that have been making the rounds for many years, Alvin Schwartz is always my guy. He proved his ability at shaping and retelling tales of terror in his Scary Stories trilogy, crafting versions of legends that still give me goosebumps...
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages
| Author | Sabine Baring-Gould |
This work does its best to discredit original folklore and mythologies by claiming they were naught but a bad influence on the later 'purified,' Christianized versions so heavily employed by the Church to lure a more pagan following into the pews. In fact, the author asserts their influence should...
Making Magic: Weaving Together the Everyday and the Extraordinary
| Author | Briana Saussy |
| ISBN | 1683642481 |
Re-enchant your life with this book of rituals, ceremonies, and practices for personal growth—anchored in the hidden power of everyday things.
"We all have a deep capacity to make magic . . .
. . . and to do it as easily as we breathe or open our eyes. This is not a matter of belief. You can discover...
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon
| Author | Diana L. Paxson |
| ISBN | 0451460286 |
I loved Marion Zimmer Bradley's "Mists of Avalon". This book is loosely based on her mythology, but since Marion died shortly after "Mists of Avalon" was published, most of the other books attributed to her were written by Diana Paxson. Diana is an OK writer, but it isn't up to the quality of Marion, so...
Far Orbit: Speculative Space Adventures
| Author | Bascomb James |
| ISBN | 0615959245 |
Modern space adventures crafted by a new generation of Grand Tradition science fiction writers. Smart, readable, and engaging stories that take us back to a time when science fiction was fun and informative, pithy and piquant—when speculative fiction transported us from the everyday grind and...
