Do you like reading ghost stories? Many of us do, so it was a great treat to hear Dr. Stephen Ross, a professor at the University of Victoria, give a talk on The English Ghost Story. Back to the old Gothic tales set in ruined castles or remote areas where vampires might creep from their graves to frighten villagers. Ghosts aplenty were a constant in those tales. Moving on to England and Dickens Christmas stories. Telling ghostly tales on Christmas Eve went the children to bed afraid to fall asleep. The tradition of telling ghostly tales faded with the industrial revolution and the great leaps made in science.
Along came seances and tapping on tables and mediums were a big hit. Much was made of the occult and secret traditions of knowledge. Ghosts are not to be feared, if there are such things as ghosts. It's a fascinating topic. Having touched very briefly on the topic, here is a ghost story readily available as an e-book.
My contemporary romance novel, ISABELLE'S DIARY, is a ghost story. It takes place in the present time in Llandrindod Wells, a small city in mid Wales. It is a bright sunny morning. My heroine sits in a small cafe sipping a cup of coffee. Sitting at a window table is a young woman dressed in Victorian black. She is reading from a diary and tears trickled from her eyes. What happens next changes my heroine's life forever.
All my books are available in e-format. Three are available in trade paper back, A Very Difficult Man, Ring Around The Moon and Too Young To Die.
If you like a ghost story, download, ISABELLE'S DIARY, to your e-reader and enjoy the tale until you read the last page. And a question still remains. Was the girl in black a ghost?
Anita Birt
www.anitabirt.com
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