Ghost Stories

by John B. Kachuba

Ghosthunters and students of the paranormal will find intriguing the four original stories in Ghost Stories by John Kachuba. These stories are not the scary—and cheesy—stories of terror, violence, and gore found in cheap novels and B-movies. Based on his own experiences as a ghost hunter, Kachuba’s stories are something new in paranormal fiction. You might call them stories for the “thinking man” (and woman!). These stories will challenge your ideas about spirits, ghosts, and haunted locations. Just in time for Halloween, Ghost Stories is a must-read for your paranormal bookshelf.

59 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2012

About the author

John B. Kachuba is the series editor of America's Haunted Road Trip from Clerisy Press and the author of Ghosthunting Illinois and Ghosthunting Ohio. He has also written other books such as Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers, and Other Investigators of America's Paranormal World, How to Write Funny, and Why is this Job Killing Me? (co-authored with his wife, Mary A. Newman, PhD).

John's short fiction and nonfiction have been widely published and he has received several awards for his fiction, including the 2004 Dogwood Fiction Prize.

He holds advanced degrees in Creative Writing from Antioch University (Yellow Springs, OH) and Ohio University. He has taught writing at both the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University. He is also on the faculty of the Gotham Writers Workshop.

John is a noted conference speaker and presenter and is a sought-after guest on many radio and television programs throughout the country and internationally.

John lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife Mary.

Reviews

[Brad Geselle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good story telling here.

My only wish were that this story was longer. Hanna Cranna still wields great powers today. So be kind to that old hag and her rooster next time. Thanks and Happy Halloween🎃

[Mystic Miraflores · Rating 4 out of 5]

I appreciate the variety of stories in this book, which I found to be scary. I hope to find and read more of the author's books.

[Amy Rosenkoetter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a super-short collection of four very short ghost stories. I grabbed it as an Amazon freebie at some point. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that the writing was really very good and had virtually no grammatical errors (something that is usually severely problematic with Amazon freebies). I enjoyed each of the four stories which were quite different from each other and took a slightly different viewpoint of death and ghosthood. It's a very easy read, but the stories were well told and evoked a mood well.