The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens explores the evolution of the ghost in British art and literature, from Hamlet's father to Marley's ghost. Cover of The Ghost: A Cultural History (courtesy ...

Looking for something new to read during the upcoming Halloween season? Acclaimed author Kim Newman (Anno Dracula) has a stand-alone novel entitled An English Ghost Story heading our way in early ...

It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. The otherworldly white apparitions are a standby of Halloween celebrations. But they weren't always the stereotypical evil spirits we see in books and ...

This book materialized unannounced on my desk, and I was underwhelmed by the cover: a gauzy image of a see-through young girl, staring wistfully at a blue tricycle in an empty room (a high-school ...

Do you believe in ghosts? Montague Rhodes James kept an open mind: "I am prepared to consider evidence and accept it if it satisfies me," he once commented. For him, keeping an open mind was an ...