Author: Sorche Nic Leodhas
Ghosts Go Haunting contains 10 wonderfully quaint ghostly tales:
The Wicked House of Duncan MacBain
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts
The Man Who Walked Widdershins Around the Kirk
The Tale the Crofter Told
The Wild Ride in the Tilt Cart
The Man Who Helped Carry the Coffin
The Ghost that Didn't Want to be a Ghost
The Lads Who Met the Highwayman
How Tammas Maciver Macmurdo Maclennan Met His Match
The Young Irish Lad from the Hiring Fair
The tales are wonderfully written, colorful and very entertaining to read. From restless spirits to devilish ones, the stories are varied. Some are more humorous, others sinister....but I enjoyed all 10! The tales are accented with artwork by Nonny Hogrogian. The illustrations go perfectly with the stories.
My favorite tale was The Ghost that Didn't Want to be a Ghost. The trials and tribulations of other ghosts having to put up with complaints from a lazy spirit....doesn't want to haunt, doesn't like to clank chains....lots of complaining and moping. Finally the chief of the ghosts steps in to help solve the situation. The final solution to the ghost's problem is both heart-warming and humorous. Great story!
All in all, a great collection of Scottish ghost stories! Sorche Nic Leodhas is the pen name of LeClair Alger. Several collections of Scottish stories were published under the pseudonym, including Twelve Black Cats and Other Eerie Tales from Scotland and By Loch and By Lin, Tales from Scottish Ballads. I enjoyed Ghosts Go Haunting so much I definitely want to read more!
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