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Spooked : Stories of the Supernatural

Shaiontoni Bose, Arundhuti Dasgupta, Bunny Gupta and Nilanjana Gupta, Puffin, 2004, pbk, viii, 228 p, ISBN : 0143335944, $14.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Contents: 1. The buffalo ghosts. 2. Grandfather and his friend. 3. The dacoits' disaster. 4. Meeting the relations. 5. The cheetah. 6. The Lepcha king. 7. Radio chat. 8. The curse. 9. Mahakaal. 10. Aunt Dorothy. 11. The bug. 12. Ishmael and the shining stone. 13. The planchette. 14. Tomb of memories. 15. The house of music. 16. The golden deer. 17. Soul catchers. 18. A moment in time. 19. The water of life. 20. The face at the window. 21. The persimmon tree. 22. The river of my memory. 23. Tiger trail. 24. The poor Brahmin. 25. The red quilt. 26. Double vision. 27. The song of the flute. 28. Wings. 29. The cat that talked. 30. One last game. 31. The whistle. 32. The book. 33. Louie's serenade. 34. The cursed skull.

There are ghosts from the past, and there are spirits from the future. They can appear before you in all shapes, sizes and forms. They can lurk in your mirror, in your computer or in your classroom. They can be friendly, or very, very unpleasant. They can even be you....

A group of children discovers the powers of the planchette. A summer beach holiday turns into a nightmare. An astronaut finds stranger things in space than he had expected. An old book takes possession of a modern-day researcher. And a red quilt takes on a life of its own. All this and more happens in this collection of thirty-four gripping stories.

The stories, which are by turns funny and petrifying, are guaranteed to have you completely riveted. But be warned: you might not sleep very well at night after reading them!"

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