Nicholas Foster

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Ghost Story Books for Adults

'Collected Ghost Stories' now contains in one ebook all the 23 linked ghost stories I have published previously on Smashwords and Draft2Digital. You can download the ebook for free from Smashwords, Apple, Fable, Barnes & Noble and others.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

There's also a paperback version of the first 16 ghost stories - 'The Consul from Tunis and other ghost stories', availab Read more of this blog post »
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Fourteen Ghost Stories

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Sixteen Ghost Stories

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