Indian Ghost

A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching, funny, and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boarding-school mysteries, the dark confines of sweat lodges, and isolated Native homesteads far back in the Dakota hills in search of ghosts that have haunted Dan since childhood.

Father John O'Malley discovers a frozen body on the Arapaho Reservation, a corpse that later disappears. O'Malley and Vicky Holden draw upon ancient traditions to stop the murderer.

An exceptional collection of first-hand accounts of ghost encounters of American Indians written by an American Indian! Personal experiences of horrific hauntings and spirit sightings throughout the southwest states of Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico. Each short story offers the reader a journey of exploration into the spiritually scared and privileged world known only to Native Americans.

Dark figures in the night. An owl's cry on the wind. Monsters watching from the edge of the wood. Some of the creatures in this book might only have a message for you, but some are the stuff of nightmares. These 32 short stories - from tales passed down for generations to accounts that could have happened yesterday - are collected from the thriving tradition of ghost stories from American Indian cultures across North America. Prepare for stories of witches and walking dolls, hungry skeletons, la llorona, and deer woman, and other supernatural beings ready to chill you to the bone.

On the day after Christmas in 1862, thirty-eight Dakota Sioux Indians were hanged in the largest mass execution in United States history. More than a century later, Kyle Ghostkiller is given the chance to go back and save them. Kyle has just returned to his hometown to accept a medicine bundle that gives him the power to time travel and reverse a curse on an old government document. But when four teenagers are found brutally murdered, newcomer Kyle becomes a prime suspect. With the FBI hot on his trail, and a jilted childhood sweetheart learning to love him all over again, Kyle escapes into...

Luther Standing Bear was seemingly everywhere in the course of his extraordinary life. He met Chief Crazy Horse on the eve of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, was enrolled in the first class at the government-run Carlisle Indian Industrial School, witnessed the Ghost Dance movement, toured the US and Europe with showman Buffalo Bill, and devoted his later years to Indian rights. His firsthand accounts of those experiences—and his reflections on Sioux culture, customs, and traditions—combine to make this narrative a landmark of Native American literature.

From the poisoned rivers, barren wells, and clear-cut forests, to the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt, to the hundreds of millions of people who live on less than two dollars a day, there are ghosts nearly everywhere you look in India. India is a nation of 1.2 billion, but the country's 100 richest people own assets equivalent to one-fourth of India’s gross domestic product.

In the early spring morning light, shortly after seven o’clock, the body looked like a pile of debris covered by brown and black leaves left over from the previous autumn. A decorated war hero with severe amnesia sustained twelve years before, Clifford Dumont has remained lost in the middle of his life until unexpected events challenge him to confront his suppressed fears and the black wall of his past. When he finds the dead body of his co-worker, Jean-Paul, at a national historical battlefield, Clifford is jarred out of his day-to-day routines. His complacency is further challenged by ...

Author Bryn McCullough loves ghost stories and Yellowstone National Park is full of them. For her next book, she heads to Yellowstone to research ghosts. Never did she expect to actually meet one. After losing his wife, Eaton Westfield found solace and a new place to reinvent his life as a photographer in the tourist town of West Yellowstone. On his expeditions into the Park, a ghost appears in his photos. He tries to explain the unusual occurrence as a problem with lighting. When Bryn and Eaton bump into each other, she is intrigued by the picture of the ghost woman in his pictures. ...

"Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of most blessings. Money talks. Why does mine say goodbye?" Matt Howard When Matt inherits a house and five acres in the rugged Uinta Mountains, she plans to sell the property and end her current out-of-money experience. She loads the car with her massive dog, Zeus, and heads for the hills to check out possibilities. What she finds is an old Victorian house with a dead zone in the front yard, a cold spot in the hall, and a locked trunk, too heavy to move, in the bedroom. By the time she solves the mysteries, she is trapped ...

From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India.

Shelia Conyers rented a beautiful cottage on Lake Ossahatchee for the summer after her husband, Bill, broke his leg. She felt like the quaint little town of Ossahatchee, Georgia and the lake would be the perfect place for her husband to recover from his injuries. The residents of Ossahatchee begin to act strangely towards the Conyer's after they realize that their teenage son, Ryan, will be joining them at the lake. During the annual Summer Festival held at the lake, a local citizen warned Shelia of the female spirit who has roamed the shores of the lake since 1925. What will happen to the ...

Ten short stories, different tastes, various shades are what make Ghost Runner & Others. Ghosts, lesbians, rapists, optimists, myths, achievers, mothers, lovers all are part of the short stories in Ghost Runner & Others. It travels through serene forests and mountains, obscure towns and burgeoning cities, even through imaginary landscape, imaginary time frames, yet it remains rooted in reality. It speaks of humans thriving through odds of politics, corruption and natural disasters. It connects history and mythology to the present and the future. In nutshell, Ghost Runner & Others narrates ...

She has marked you for death. Pari Tibba, the land of fairies is home to an ancient legend. Deep in the belly of its oak and pine forest lurks an evil, waiting to be unleashed. Andrew Garrison is desperate. Driven with sorrow, he sets out to Pari Tibba to seek the very evil whose name must not be spoken of. Disclaimer: This revenge horror story is marked explicit for its violent and gruesome nature. The story contains mentions of rape and non-consensual sexual acts, strong mature language and graphic violence.

When Charlotte Jane Matheson hangs the ancient Dream Catcher on the wall over her bed, she has weird dreams. Stirred by her dreams, she travels to the small community of Yellow Creek, Tennessee, determined to find out their meaning. While there, she meets an old Cherokee Indian, a dog that suddenly appears out of the dark woods, and a good-looking farmer-wannabe. Then, her dreams stop, but unexplained visions draw her into the past through a circle of light. The phenomenal images of her mother, who’s been missing for over a decade, has to mean something when she’s led to a cave beyond ...

Exile Rachel Kane’s recovering from a broken heart. And she’s broke. She’s flat out broke and homeless since she found her boyfriend in her best friend’s arms in the home that he and Rachel shared. A home he owned, so of course, she’s out on her ear now. She’s got an invitation to take an opportunity that takes her out of state and pays for her living expenses. Maybe some clouds do have silver linings. She’ll take that offer to go to Nevada and study mustangs. Luke Everhart’s got one thing on his mind. Being left the hell alone. He’s been exiled from his pack—and ...

Protection at Nightfall Chelsea works at a salon in Bear Canyon Valley. She gets butterflies when Grant's around. But she's got her own baggage. She’s got a secret she’s running away from. Plus, she thinks that Grant would be better off with the local, stunning, curvy, widowed-way-too-early Mae Forester. Grizzly bear shifter Grant Waters wants one woman--Curvy Chelsea O'Reilly. He's wanted her since they met. Except he's worried his secret may be too much for her. It may be what sets her running. Shadow of Seduction Kane Ortiz is a mountain-sized bear shifter who wants to avoid a group ...

“Powerful. Clever. A solid ... choice for both girls and boys.” —Publishers Weekly Fifteen-year-old Tess O'Brien can't take her overprotective father one moment longer. When the adventure of a lifetime literally lands at her feet, she can't resist it or Cain, the Ojibwe bad boy who just wants her gone. As she flees into the woodlands on his mysterious Indian quest, Tess soon discovers her past holds mysteries of its own. Featuring strong female lead

Dead of winter. Deep in the Haynesville Woods, Thane Ferguson, closes the front door of his lodge. Tonight he will play in the last hockey game of the season. Maybe the last game of his career. The snow is coming down hard and turning the roads to ice. People tell stories about these woods. Phantom hitchhikers. Ghosts. Ferguson's daughter is driving through these woods tonight. And the loner with a gun is very real. Ferguson's Trip is a crime novel set in the woods of Northern Maine. Cool, funny, sympathetic, and gritty. The dialogue is pitch-perfect.

Kane Ortiz is a mountain-sized bear shifter who wants to avoid a group of shifters hunting him down. He follows some advice and heads to Bear Canyon Valley hoping to get some help. The last thing he counted on was finding a spitfire with her own secrets.