The Unexplained: A Haunted Canada Anthology

by Janet Lunn Literary Estate of (Editor)

Unexplained Phenomena! A collection of tales and anecdotes about unexplained events, written by renowned Canadian authors such as Kit Pearson, Karleen Bradford, Sharon Siamon, Carole Spray, Janet Lunn, James F. Robinson, Hazel Boswell, Jean Little and Lucy Maud Montgomery. The perfect complement? a scorching evening around the fire. Thrills guaranteed!

Genres: Childrens, Nonfiction, Canada

160 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Elisabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one's actually a reprint of the 1994 anthology The Unseen, but with a shiny new cover and title.

[Shahna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is not a very good book. There's like two okay stories. Ghost stories should be about ghosts. Not long drawn out paragraphs about cake or space or whatever.

I wanted to read stories about Haunted Canada. Not bad short stories by Canadian wannabe authors.

The Haunting of Orion Queen was garbage. Space pirates have nothing to do with Canada.

Throwing random french words into your story doesn't make it authentic, it makes it fucking annoying. I skipped it after the second page. Enough of that nonsense.

Gah!

[Kaori Flores · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG!

[A. Mickey Perkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

All good. I definitely had favorites, but all the stories were at least somewhat enjoyable. The best were, “Miss Kirkpatrick’s Secret,” “Who’s Invisible Now?”, “The Haunting of the Orion Queen”, and “Without Beth.”

[Amy McCalla · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. The writing for these stories was good, I just found some of them too far out there! Some were more believable than others. I love the Haunted Canada books and plan on reading the rest!

[Tami · Rating 5 out of 5]

Janet Lunn has collected some of the best Canadian ghost stories around. Some of the stories like Haunted Island, about a woman killed for her precious ring on Sable Island, are based upon familiar ghost stories that the reader might have read about in other books or seen on Creepy Canada. The author also includes obviously fictional stories like the entertaining science fiction thriller The Haunting of the Orion Queen.

Although I found almost all of the stories entertaining, I have to say that my favorites were those with premonitions. For instance, in Five Candles on a Coffin, where the main character sees her own coffin the day before she dies or in Without Beth where Eliza has the odd thought that she might have to live without her twin sister Beth. Not long after Beth dies of Meningitis.

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

i so love this book full of awesome ghost stories from my country...CANADA....and i so love the one about Sable Island...awesome WTG Janet Lunn...need anymore ghost stories i got some for ya...around Nova Scotia were i have and still live today!!! My Fiancee would be able probably to tell you more about ones in Ontario cause thats where hes from!!! Again congrats a book well read and well written!!!

[Katrina · Rating 1 out of 5]

it's a child's book.

[Amanda Moores · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good book but the kids were looking for something with more scare factor.

[Jeremy · Rating 2 out of 5]

A tame collection of local ghost stories, ideal for kids who have a taste for the macabre.