Tom Slemen's Haunted Christmas

Download or read book Tom Slemen's Haunted Christmas written by Tom Slemen and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Marley's ghost appeared to Scrooge in Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" back in 1843, the Season of Goodwill has become a traditional time for the telling and reading of ghost stories. What better time to settle down in the hearthside glow of a fire to read a spooky story or spine-tingling tale before retiring to bed? In Tom Slemen's Haunted Christmas you have a selection box of 27 seasonal spine-tingling stories to enjoy, perhaps to be indulged with a mince pie and a glass of sherry. These tinselly tales encompass the enigmatic and downright terrifying Red Fiend of Bold Street, as well as the case of a ghostly street urchin who returns from beyond the grave to help his dying mother in Victorian times. You will also read the heart-warming story of the poor child who sent a desperate note to Santa - and experienced a very surprising outcome, and you will also read about the small-time thief who decided to rob one of Liverpool's largest department stores dressed as Father Christmas - only to find his plans thwarted by two very creepy entities. Read of the girl who fell hopelessly in love with the ghost of a long-dead cavalier at Speke Hall, and of the adulterous doctor who encountered a headless apparition which made him see the light. There is also a weird story about a 13-year-old girl who takes on the terrifying ghosts who are trying to drive her and her mother out of their new house, and another unearthly tale concerns the awful curse a gypsy woman put on three men who mocked her appearance and laughed at her scruffy cats. These are just a few of the 27 tales about the creepy side of Christmastide...*Please note that with the exception of "The Santa Job" and "Hamilton Square's Headless Woman" all of the stories in this paperback have appeared in Tom Slemen's books before.