Colonial Ghosts

What if the local legends were true? What if the whispers from the past never faded? In the quiet corners of New England, where history holds a grudge, some stories are best left untold. From a lonely Vermont trail where a mysterious lantern lures hikers to their doom, to a historic Salem house where a 17th-century diary is not a journal but a trap, this collection unearths the terrifying truths behind the region’s most unsettling folklore. Venture to a salt-scoured lighthouse on the coast of Maine where the dead keeper still stands watch, walk the silent grounds of a Harvard graveyard ...

In the late 1890s, Edmund Dene Morel, a young British shipping company agent, noticed something strange about the cargoes of his company’s ships as they arrived from and departed for the Congo, Leopold II’s vast new African colony. Incoming ships were crammed with valuable ivory and rubber...

What if the British Museum isn't a house of learning, but a vast sinkhole of still-bubbling historic injustice? What if it presents us not with a carefully ordered cross section of history but is instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot swarming with volatile and errant spirits? When artist and writer Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum he had to find out more. What started as a trickle soon became a landslide as staff old and new brought forth testimonies of their inexplicable supernatural encounters.

BELGIUM’S COLONIAL REPORT CARD Congo, Extraction and the Ghosts of Empire Was the Congo one of the greatest crimes of empire? How did a small European nation create one of the most feared colonial systems in Africa? Why does the Democratic Republic of the Congo remain resource-rich yet deeply unstable today? In Belgium’s Colonial Report Card, Frederick Amakom delivers a powerful and deeply researched examination of Belgium’s colonial legacy in Central Africa — from the terror of King Leopold II’s Congo Free State to the political chaos, resource wars and neo-colonial struggles ...

September 1781. General George Washington has sprung the ultimate trap. The Continental Army is racing south to Yorktown to crush Lord Cornwallis and end the war. But Washington knows a secret that keeps him awake at night: the back door is open. If the British forces in South Carolina break out, they can smash the American rear and turn victory into a massacre. Captain Elias Thorne, the army’s brilliant but broken intelligence officer, is sent into the "Green Hell" of the Pee Dee River to bolt that door. Elias brings his "Blue Book" discipline and his fragile mental stability—forged ...

'Indispensable and timely' - Melissa Chan, Emmy-nominated international affairs correspondent 'Few books qualify as essential reading but Ghost Nation is one of them' - Clive Hamilton, bestselling co-author of The Hidden Hand The gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of...

“It’s a stunner.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) From award-winning South African author Nadia Davids comes a gothic psychological thriller set in the 1920s, where a young maid finds herself entangled with the spirits of a decaying manor and the secrets of its enigmatic owner. I...

What if the Salem witch trials weren’t the beginning—but the consequence of a story Boston tried to forget? Before Salem’s hysteria seized New England, before the gallows rose on Gallows Hill, another tragedy unfolded in 1688 Boston. It began with a family, a frightened city, and a minister determined to prove the devil’s hand at work. That case—the Goodwin witchcraft affair—became the spark that set the world ablaze. The Devil in Boston: Unearthing the 1688 Witchcraft Case That Shaped the Salem Trials reveals the chilling true story of how one man’s faith, one family’s ...

Paranormal Women’s Fiction from #1 Amazon bestseller, J.R. Rain, and New York Times bestseller, H.P. Mallory! Things seem always to go downhill whenever it comes to me and relationships… Even though I’m in a relationship with Roy, he’s been avoiding me lately, claiming he’s just been super busy with work. It’s an excuse I’ve heard many times before. I’m not really sure what’s going on between the two of us, but I’m worried he’s lost interest in me and the relationship. But as much as it pains me, I know I’ll survive. After all, I’ve survived my myriad breakups ...

Shoes for trapping evil spirits have been found throughout one of Massachusetts most haunted houses, from the ceilings to hidden spots in the chimneys. The commons in Boston is a paranormal hotbed with ghost-infested buildings at nearly every corner.

Nestled deep in rural Mobile County, the Outlaw House once stood as a testament to forgotten grandeur, a sprawling Spanish Colonial Revival masterpiece. From its soaring arched doorways to its secret underground tunnel leading to a shimmering man-made lake, it was a beacon of progress—the first in its area to boast electricity and a telephone. But with its opulence came chilling whispers of mystery, madness, and unspeakable tragedy. Now, only charred bones and phantom memories remain of the Outlaw estate, ravaged by fire. Yet, the horror is far from over. When the Gulf Coast Paranormal ...

Beneath the cobblestone streets and candlelit alleys of America’s oldest cities lie stories that never made it into the history books. Urban Legends of America’s Oldest Cities explores the whispered tales born alongside the nation itself—accounts of vanished settlers, sealed-off tunnels, cursed buildings, and crimes buried deeper than any archive. These are the stories passed quietly from generation to generation, shaped by fear, guilt, and the lingering presence of unfinished business. Each chapter focuses on a different historic city, uncovering legends rooted in colonial life, ...

A friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler endangers them both in this “simply unforgettable” (Booklist, starred review) adventure story from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper. On the winter day Little Hawk is sent into the woods alone, he can take only a bow...

The master of psychological realism returns with eleven tales of passion, deception, and moral complexity This second volume of Prosper Mérimée's finest work reveals the full range of his storytelling genius—from drawing room intrigue to high seas horror, from Roman ghost stories to Parisian scandal. In Tamango, witness the harrowing tale of a slave ship rebellion that becomes a devastating study of freedom's price. The Double Mistake and Arsène Guillot explore the treacherous waters of society romance, where misunderstandings and class prejudices destroy lives with surgical precision....

A heart-racing thriller from the master of adventure. New novel Vendetta out soon. "Tony Park is a master storyteller. I love his work." Deon Meyer Africa, 1906: A young Australian adventurer is condemned to death. Sydney, the present: journalist Nick Eatwell has just lost his job, but his day...

From Bestselling Author D.K. GREY presents... ECHOED SECRETS Book Three in the chilling Hale Mansion SECRETS series. A fast-paced YA psychological–supernatural thriller where hidden truths, supernatural forces, spiritual warfare, and the darker side of humanity collide. Nearly twelve years have passed since the events of INHERITED SECRETS, and six years since the haunting aftermath of DARKENED SECRETS. Amber Hale’s intuitive gifts and extrasensory perception (ESP) are intensifying as she steps into adolescence. The Hybrid Curse stirs once more—rooted in ancient forces, shaped by ...

Okey Ndibe's funny, charming, and penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential - but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency - African Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibe's relationships with Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and other literary figures; examines the differences between Nigerian and American etiquette and politics; and recalls an incident of racial profiling just 13 days after he arrived in the US, in which he was mistaken for a bank robber.

It is 1914, and the storm clouds of war are building on the horizon. In Sydney, Josiah Steele is the new head of the family and grappling with his two very different sons - David, upstanding, decent and heir to the family enterprises; and Benjamin, wayward, restless and a magnet for trouble. To...

It's almost All Hallow's Eve in the year 1690 and accusations are flying in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The villagers are certain their healer Abigail is a witch, a crime punishable by death. Nathaniel isn't only the acting Chief Magistrate, but an expert in recognizing witchcraft. He ought to be—as a secret wizard himself. With Salem calling for Abigail's conviction, he knows that neither his magic alone nor his position will be sufficient to protect her. Oh, he believes her protestations that she isn't a witch. “Yet, Abigail. You are not a witch…yet.” Awakening her powers is ...

Bloomsbury presents Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein, read by Don Warrington. _____________________________ * A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 * * WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024 * ‘A shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic’ THE TIMES ‘An...