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The Restless Dead: Ghostly Tales from Around the World
An international collection of spooky stories that features tales from countries including Germany, Malta, Holland, Haiti, and Russia
112 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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Daniel Cohen
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Daniel Edward Cohen was born on March 12, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents divorced when he was very young and his mother, Sue Greenberg, married Milton Cohen, a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Daniel Cohen attended Chicago public schools and was a "hanger-on" in the bohemian community around the University of Chicago while in high school in the early 1950s. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago where he abandoned an interest in biology for journalism. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism in 1958. Cohen married Susan Handler, a writer, on February 2, 1958. He briefly worked as a proofreader for Time, Inc. in Chicago; but, demoralized by the paternalistic organizational culture, he took a job as assistant editor of Science Digest magazine in 1959. He was transferred to New York City shortly after being hired.
In addition to his editorial work, Cohen wrote articles for Science Digest and for other publications. Encouraged by praise of his articles on paranormal subjects, Cohen published his first book, Myths of the Space Age, a collection of skeptical essays on paranormal creatures and phenomena, in 1967. The Cohens moved to a farmhouse in Forestburgh, New York, in 1969 so Daniel could write full time. He originally planned to write popular science books, but the demands of the market led him to concentrate on books about ghosts, monsters, UFOs, and psychic phenomena. Since then, Daniel Cohen has written on an astonishing variety of subjects beyond just the paranormal: historical and current biographies; advice for teenagers; world history; science and technology; animals and nature; urban legends; and popular television, music, film, and sports personalities. He has noted that he writes mass-market paperbacks for children who are reluctant to read and not especially gifted. Thus, he chooses subjects of interest to such readers.
Susan Cohen was born on March 27, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, to Martin and Ida (Goldman) Handler. She earned a B.A. degree from the New School for Social Research in 1960 and an M.S.W. degree from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, in 1962. She worked as a social worker in the mid-1960s before writing The Liberated Couple, a feminist tract, in 1971. She wrote eleven gothic romances and mysteries under the penname Elizabeth St. Clair between 1974 and 1981. Susan and Daniel Cohen began collaborating on books in 1982 to help alleviate Daniel's workload. They have written books primarily on popular entertainment, advice for teenagers, and animals. The Cohens currently live in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.
Daniel Edward Cohen was born on March 12, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents divorced when he was very young and his mother, Sue Greenberg, married Milton Cohen, a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Daniel Cohen attended Chicago public schools and was a "hanger-on" in the bohemian community around the University of Chicago while in high school in the early 1950s. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago where he abandoned an interest in biology for journalism. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism in 1958. Cohen married Susan Handler, a writer, on February 2, 1958. He briefly worked as a proofreader for Time, Inc. in Chicago; but, demoralized by the paternalistic organizational culture, he took a job as assistant editor of Science Digest magazine in 1959. He was transferred to New York City shortly after being hired.
In addition to his editorial work, Cohen wrote articles for Science Digest and for other publications. Encouraged by praise of his articles on paranormal subjects, Cohen published his first book, Myths of the Space Age, a collection of skeptical essays on paranormal creatures and phenomena, in 1967. The Cohens moved to a farmhouse in Forestburgh, New York, in 1969 so Daniel could write full time. He originally planned to write popular science books, but the demands of the market led him to concentrate on books about ghosts, monsters, UFOs, and psychic phenomena. Since then, Daniel Cohen has written on an astonishing variety of subjects beyond just the paranormal: historical and current biographies; advice for teenagers; world history; science and technology; animals and nature; urban legends; and popular television, music, film, and sports personalities. He has noted that he writes mass-market paperbacks for children who are reluctant to read and not especially gifted. Thus, he chooses subjects of interest to such readers.
Susan Cohen was born on March 27, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, to Martin and Ida (Goldman) Handler. She earned a B.A. degree from the New School for Social Research in 1960 and an M.S.W. degree from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, in 1962. She worked as a social worker in the mid-1960s before writing The Liberated Couple, a feminist tract, in 1971. She wrote eleven gothic romances and mysteries under the penname Elizabeth St. Clair between 1974 and 1981. Susan and Daniel Cohen began collaborating on books in 1982 to help alleviate Daniel's workload. They have written books primarily on popular entertainment, advice for teenagers, and animals. The Cohens currently live in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.
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December 9, 2024
11 scary stories from around the world:
The Mummy's Ghost. a mummy introduced to the Dresden museum is not quite as old as it seems. someone really should have examined it before display...
The Woman in White. the tale of a Japanese snow ghost; i'd recently read this story in the collection 'Tales of Japan' as well.
A Ride for a Corpse. A Turkish tale (apparently) about the hitchhiking ghost of a girl who only wants to be buried closer to home.
The Amherst Mystery. the infamous story of Canadian Esther Cox and her poltergeist.
The Dust. Two British navy men stationed in Malta meet a strange woman on their way home one night, and are invited in for drinks. when the men return the following day, the house is in ruins and the woman has disappeared.
The Demon Corpse. three travelers are killed by the fatal breath of a Ch'iang Shich, the Chinese vampire. only one manages to escape to tell the tale.
The Deadly Dinner. a young bride is invited by her bridegroom to attend a late-night feast; upon arriving, the bride realizes that all the guests are dead...a few other stories about the voodoo and zombies of Haiti too.
Russia's Walking Corpses. a brief look into the Russian take on the vampire.
The Fate of George Woodfall. a story of greed, theft, and revenge. a skeleton discovered behind a waterfall reveals the reason for the disappearance of prosperous miner George Woodfall.
The Hooded Chair. an oddly constructed chair with a wood and leather hood is passed down through history leaving behind death and misery in its wake.
The Stolen Liver. Alvin Schwartz also wrote a version of this tale in one of his collections of scary stories; read it the other day. a brow-beaten wife panics when she realizes she's eaten all of her husband's liver dinner. fortunately, there's an open-casket funeral just next door...a horrible idea, really.
"It is strange, I agree...but there are many strange things in this world."
The Mummy's Ghost. a mummy introduced to the Dresden museum is not quite as old as it seems. someone really should have examined it before display...
The Woman in White. the tale of a Japanese snow ghost; i'd recently read this story in the collection 'Tales of Japan' as well.
A Ride for a Corpse. A Turkish tale (apparently) about the hitchhiking ghost of a girl who only wants to be buried closer to home.
The Amherst Mystery. the infamous story of Canadian Esther Cox and her poltergeist.
The Dust. Two British navy men stationed in Malta meet a strange woman on their way home one night, and are invited in for drinks. when the men return the following day, the house is in ruins and the woman has disappeared.
The Demon Corpse. three travelers are killed by the fatal breath of a Ch'iang Shich, the Chinese vampire. only one manages to escape to tell the tale.
The Deadly Dinner. a young bride is invited by her bridegroom to attend a late-night feast; upon arriving, the bride realizes that all the guests are dead...a few other stories about the voodoo and zombies of Haiti too.
Russia's Walking Corpses. a brief look into the Russian take on the vampire.
The Fate of George Woodfall. a story of greed, theft, and revenge. a skeleton discovered behind a waterfall reveals the reason for the disappearance of prosperous miner George Woodfall.
The Hooded Chair. an oddly constructed chair with a wood and leather hood is passed down through history leaving behind death and misery in its wake.
The Stolen Liver. Alvin Schwartz also wrote a version of this tale in one of his collections of scary stories; read it the other day. a brow-beaten wife panics when she realizes she's eaten all of her husband's liver dinner. fortunately, there's an open-casket funeral just next door...a horrible idea, really.
"It is strange, I agree...but there are many strange things in this world."
December 15, 2024
The stories weren’t bad, fairly interesting. Short and straight to the point, it does make for a spooky night time or Halloween read. While not groundbreaking, it was a treat to read about ghost tales from around the world.
September 12, 2015
An interesting collection of ghost stories from around the world. Nothing really scary but cultural different. The Italian one at the end was Macabre in its way but nothing compared to some of what is happening in the world today.
August 13, 2007
not bad... for middle grader book. I had been scared too when i read it.
September 4, 2017
Sebelas kisah hantu dan supranatural dari berbagai belahan dunia; Jerman, Jepang, Turki, Kanada, Malta, China, Haiti, Rusia, Australia, Belanda, dan Italia. Oleh karena segmennya ditujukan untuk anak-anak, kisahnya cukup 'jinak', singkat tapi cukup memberi gambaran tentang berbagai kepercayaan lokal. Dari museum yang menyimpan koleksi langka, hantu salju, hantu yang mencari tumpangan pulang, poltergeist alias arwah berisik, rumah misterius, mayat yang disusupi, suami misterius, balas dendam mayat, arwah penasaran, kursi pembawa petaka, dan tentang hati.
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