It's a collection of short stories by various authors, so there is no real summary.

The fact that it is not, actually, a horror book. The writing was good, don't get me wrong. But if you are looking for horror, which I was, this is not the book. It says, "Haunting tales" but believe me...very few stories have anything haunting. A few have some ghosts, but they are not the main focus, and seem as if they were added in so the story would be published. One has a troll. The rest...nothing. Not sure why they are there. And I'm talking one story is about a woman who's neighborhood is dealing with a robber, another is a woman who goes to her parents' house to escape a surprise 40th birthday party. And that's just a small example. It goes on like this.

Sell it. Which means a lot. I don't get rid of books.

Very let down. I was expecting some good ghost stories, but I ended up playing a game of "find the ghost story or ghost in the story."

Is the editor, but actually has a story of his own in there, too. Which, by the way, is not one of the better stories in the book. I read it...still don't know what was going on it.

The reading is good. I won't lie, the stories are well written for the most part. A few leave a lot to be desired, but that happens in collection books, the authors don't submit their best works. So if you want to read some decent writing, pick this book up.

You don't get what they say they are giving you. As I said, they advertise haunting tales, but it really isn't haunting at all. Most of it isn't even close.

This book is a good example of why you need to flip through stories and/or reviews before you buy. You can't "judge a book by it's cover." I bought it because I wanted to read some horror, and ghost stories are usually good. But this book pretty much slammed me into the ground and won't let me stand back up.

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