Friday, October 04, 2019

Ten top haunting ghost stories

Jac Jemc is the author of the story collection False Bingo (2019) and the forthcoming novel Total Work of Art, both from Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Her previous books include A Different Bed Every Time, My Only Wife, and the bone-chilling haunted house novel The Grip of It.

At Publishers Weekly, Jemc tagged ten essential books featuring hauntings, including:
The Hunger by Alma Katsu

The famous story of the Donner Party’s desperate attempt to survive by resorting to cannibalism turned supernatural with the suggestion of curses and creatures stalking the party at a quickly shrinking distance. Katsu excels at exploring the risk and horror of pursuing one’s greed and attempting to outrun one’s past by looking at the larger narrative of where these people began and what brought them to their end.
Read about another entry on the list.

The Hunger is among Mallory O'Meara's top thirteen spine-chilling books written by female authors.

My Book, The Movie: The Hunger.

The Page 69 Test: The Hunger.

--Marshal Zeringue