The Black Book of Modern Myths: True Stories of the Unexplained

The Black Book of Modern Myths: True Stories of the Unexplained

by Alasdair Wickham (Author)

Synopsis

'True are The NIGHTmare Of a person that FEARs Safe A re the BODIES Of tHe Silent World' When a young man first saw this message typed out on his computer at home a shiver ran down his spine. It was clear what was happening - the poltergeist which had plagued him for months was now manifesting itself in a most original, modern and terrifying way. As the world around us experiences an epidemic of supernatural events, Alasdair Wickham collects together the strangest, creepiest and most enthralling in a compendium of brilliantly told and chillingly convincing tales. The Black Book of Modern Myths explores the richness and malevolence of the supernatural from across the globe, including possession, witchcraft and Mothmen sightings to cursed movie sets and ritualistic killings in the Cornish countryside. No mystery is left unexamined. But beyond these traditional notions of the supernatural, The Black Book of Modern Myths shows us the paranormal connecting with the hi-tech world. These days, the ghosts really are in the machines...Do you dare enter?

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Century
Published: 05 May 2011

ISBN 10: 1846055709
ISBN 13: 9781846055706
Book Overview: Collection of new, true horror stories from around the world - in the Vanishing Hitchhiker mode

Author Bio
Alasdair Wickham is the pen name of James Buxton. Shortly after his parents died, james went to live in his grandparents' house, which was haunted. He has taken the supernatural for granted ever since and has been researching the field for the last thirty-five years. He is a successful writer with four horror novels under his belt: Subterranean, Strange, The Wishing tree and Pity. He has written on the supernatural for newspapers and is currently writing a series of historical adventure stories for teenagers and young adults set in the Dark Ages.