Gentle Ghost Books | Summaries & Audio

Shimmer

by Alyson Noel • 2011

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

3.73

8k+

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family

Shimmer 90%

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

by Alyson Noel 2011

3.73

8k+ ratings

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family

Under the Whispering Door

by T.J. Klune • 2021

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

4.11

327k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing

Under the Whispering Door 89%

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

by T.J. Klune 2021

4.11

327k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing

A New Lease on Death

by Olivia Blacke • 2024

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

3.63

4k+

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple

A New Lease on Death 89%

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

by Olivia Blacke 2024

3.63

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple

Lirio rojo

by Nora Roberts • 2005

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

4.11

44k+

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse

Lirio rojo 89%

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

by Nora Roberts 2005

4.11

44k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse

The Dead Romantics

by Ashley Poston • 2022

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

3.91

268k+

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Dead Romantics 88%

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

by Ashley Poston 2022

3.91

268k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage • 2025

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

3.66

43k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Soul Searching 88%

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.66

43k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

by Geronimo Stilton • 2000

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

4.19

10k+

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House Summary

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House 88%

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

by Geronimo Stilton 2000

4.19

10k+ ratings

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist

The Empty Grave

by Jonathan Stroud • 2017

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

4.62

30k+

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion

The Empty Grave 88%

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

by Jonathan Stroud 2017

4.62

30k+ ratings

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion

Scritch Scratch

by Lindsay Currie • 2020

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

3.91

5k+

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History

Scritch Scratch 88%

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

by Lindsay Currie 2020

3.91

5k+ ratings

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History

Finch House

by Ciera Burch • 2023

Grandfather vanished inside the forbidden Victorian. Micah must enter a house that traps children.

3.70

386

🏚️ Haunted House 🏠 Sentient House 👧 Missing Children

Finch House 88%

Grandfather vanished inside the forbidden Victorian. Micah must enter a house that traps children.

by Ciera Burch 2023

3.70

386 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🏠 Sentient House 👧 Missing Children

Holly

by Adalyn Grace • 2025

Restless theater ghosts haunt a family of immortals gathering for their first Christmas together.

3.95

14k+

🫂 Found Family 🔮 Cozy Paranormal 💀 Personified Death

Holly 88%

Restless theater ghosts haunt a family of immortals gathering for their first Christmas together.

by Adalyn Grace 2025

3.95

14k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔮 Cozy Paranormal 💀 Personified Death

Shadowland

by Jenny Carroll • 2000

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

4.04

71k+

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit

Shadowland 88%

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

by Jenny Carroll 2000

4.04

71k+ ratings

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit

Darkest Hour

by Jenny Carroll • 2008

A teen medium's ghost love is banished to the afterlife. To save him, she must follow.

4.16

39k+

🧠 Teen Medium 👻 Ghost Love Interest 😏 Sarcastic Heroine

Darkest Hour 88%

A teen medium's ghost love is banished to the afterlife. To save him, she must follow.

by Jenny Carroll 2008

4.16

39k+ ratings

🧠 Teen Medium 👻 Ghost Love Interest 😏 Sarcastic Heroine

The Hollow

by Jessica Verday • 2009

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

3.74

21k+

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend

The Hollow 88%

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

by Jessica Verday 2009

3.74

21k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir

Ghost Story 88%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir

Remain

by Nicholas Sparks • 2025

Grieving his sister, an architect falls for the murdered ghost haunting his rented Victorian.

3.78

60k+

👻 Ghost Love Story 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Impossible Love

Remain 88%

Grieving his sister, an architect falls for the murdered ghost haunting his rented Victorian.

by Nicholas Sparks 2025

3.78

60k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Story 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Impossible Love

Ninth Key

by Jenny Carroll • 2001

A ghost begs a teen medium to clear a tycoon of murder, or a killer walks.

4.06

42k+

👻 Teen Ghost Medium 💔 Ghostly Love Interest 🔍 Paranormal Mystery

Ninth Key 88%

A ghost begs a teen medium to clear a tycoon of murder, or a killer walks.

by Jenny Carroll 2001

4.06

42k+ ratings

👻 Teen Ghost Medium 💔 Ghostly Love Interest 🔍 Paranormal Mystery

Good Spirits

by B.K. Borison • 2025

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

3.97

143k+

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Good Spirits 88%

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

by B.K. Borison 2025

3.97

143k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Spirited Situation

by Louisa Masters • 2022

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

4.13

4k+

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers

Spirited Situation 88%

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

by Louisa Masters 2022

4.13

4k+ ratings

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers

Apartment 2B

by K. Webster • 2014

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

3.82

2k+

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family

Apartment 2B 88%

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

by K. Webster 2014

3.82

2k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family

The Mirror

by Nora Roberts • 2024

Her inherited Maine manor has a mirror that replays seven brides' murders. The killer witch remains.

4.16

50k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🪞 Mirror Magic 💔 Family Curse

The Mirror 88%

Her inherited Maine manor has a mirror that replays seven brides' murders. The killer witch remains.

by Nora Roberts 2024

4.16

50k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🪞 Mirror Magic 💔 Family Curse

80s Ghosts

by V.S. Lawrence • 2024

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

3.73

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew

80s Ghosts 88%

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

by V.S. Lawrence 2024

3.73

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

by Michelle Cuevas • 2017

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

4.19

3k+

🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend Summary

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend 88%

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

by Michelle Cuevas 2017

4.19

3k+ ratings

🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond

Ghosts

by Edith Wharton • 1937

Old houses, rational minds, and the quiet terror of discovering you are not alone.

3.85

1k+

🖋️ Literary Ghost Stories 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Haunted Houses

Ghosts 88%

Old houses, rational minds, and the quiet terror of discovering you are not alone.

by Edith Wharton 1937

3.85

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Ghost Stories 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Haunted Houses

Small Spaces

by Katherine Arden • 2018

Her class trip vanishes into mist where scarecrows walk and a smiling man bargains for souls.

4.01

30k+

🧒 Middle Grade Horror ☕ Cozy Horror 📖 Haunted Diary

Small Spaces 88%

Her class trip vanishes into mist where scarecrows walk and a smiling man bargains for souls.

by Katherine Arden 2018

4.01

30k+ ratings

🧒 Middle Grade Horror ☕ Cozy Horror 📖 Haunted Diary

Wayward Souls

by Devon Monk • 2020

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

4.02

754

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip

Wayward Souls 88%

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

by Devon Monk 2020

4.02

754 ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip

The Black Phone

by Joe Hill • 2005

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

3.89

50k+

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past

The Black Phone 88%

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

by Joe Hill 2005

3.89

50k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past

Remember Me

by Christopher Pike • 2010

After a fatal fall, a teenage ghost knows she was murdered. Her killer is a friend.

4.14

10k+

🕵️ Teen Ghost Detective 👶 Switched At Birth 🕊️ Forgiveness After Death

Remember Me 88%

After a fatal fall, a teenage ghost knows she was murdered. Her killer is a friend.

by Christopher Pike 2010

4.14

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Ghost Detective 👶 Switched At Birth 🕊️ Forgiveness After Death

Hidden Pictures

by Jason Rekulak • 2022

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

4.14

623k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings

Hidden Pictures 88%

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

by Jason Rekulak 2022

4.14

623k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings

Whichwood

by Tahereh Mafi • 2017

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

3.93

6k+

🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale

Whichwood 88%

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

by Tahereh Mafi 2017

3.93

6k+ ratings

🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman • 2008

A graveyard of ghosts adopts the sole survivor of a family massacre, hiding him from his hunters.

4.15

568k+

🪦 Graveyard Fantasy 🌙 Gothic Coming Of Age 🖤 Found Family

The Graveyard Book 87%

A graveyard of ghosts adopts the sole survivor of a family massacre, hiding him from his hunters.

by Neil Gaiman 2008

4.15

568k+ ratings

🪦 Graveyard Fantasy 🌙 Gothic Coming Of Age 🖤 Found Family

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

by Darcy Coates • 2021

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

3.92

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Haunting of Leigh Harker 87%

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

by Darcy Coates 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud • 2013

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

4.25

76k+

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family

The Screaming Staircase 87%

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

by Jonathan Stroud 2013

4.25

76k+ ratings

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family

DallerGut Dream Department Store

by Miye Lee • 2020

At a dream department store, a self-doubting clerk learns the price of the dreams she sells.

3.64

44k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Workplace 💛 Found Family

DallerGut Dream Department Store Summary

DallerGut Dream Department Store 87%

At a dream department store, a self-doubting clerk learns the price of the dreams she sells.

by Miye Lee 2020

3.64

44k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Workplace 💛 Found Family

Heart-Shaped Box

by Joe Hill • 2007

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

3.84

155k+

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Heart-Shaped Box 87%

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

by Joe Hill 2007

3.84

155k+ ratings

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic

The Architect of Song

by A.G. Howard • 2016

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

4.03

2k+

🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap

The Architect of Song 87%

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

by A.G. Howard 2016

4.03

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap

A Box Full of Darkness

by Simone St. James • 2026

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

3.75

18k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist

A Box Full of Darkness 87%

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

by Simone St. James 2026

3.75

18k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish

by Paula Brackston • 2024

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

3.75

2k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish Summary

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish 87%

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

by Paula Brackston 2024

3.75

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine

The Other Ones

by Fran Hart • 2022

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

3.85

2k+

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story

The Other Ones 87%

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

by Fran Hart 2022

3.85

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story

Twenties Girl

by Sophie Kinsella • 2009

Her business dead, heart broken, Lara's great-aunt returns as a ghost demanding a missing necklace.

3.86

177k+

👻 Light Paranormal 🎷 1920s Nostalgia 🔍 Family Secrets

Twenties Girl 87%

Her business dead, heart broken, Lara's great-aunt returns as a ghost demanding a missing necklace.

by Sophie Kinsella 2009

3.86

177k+ ratings

👻 Light Paranormal 🎷 1920s Nostalgia 🔍 Family Secrets

Ghosts of Belle Isle

by Steven K. Smith • 2014

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

4.21

517

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics

Ghosts of Belle Isle 87%

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

by Steven K. Smith 2014

4.21

517 ratings

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics

Love at First Fright

by Nadia El-Fassi • 2025

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

3.61

3k+

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers

Love at First Fright 87%

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

by Nadia El-Fassi 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers

Inheritance

by Nora Roberts • 2023

Her broken engagement delivers her to a Maine manor where brides die and a curse waits.

4.26

77k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse

Inheritance 87%

Her broken engagement delivers her to a Maine manor where brides die and a curse waits.

by Nora Roberts 2023

4.26

77k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

3.86

162k+

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary

The Slow Regard of Silent Things 87%

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.86

162k+ ratings

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Smallest Part

by Amy Harmon • 2018

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

4.16

14k+

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father

The Smallest Part 87%

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

by Amy Harmon 2018

4.16

14k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father

Little Ghosts

by Gregg Dunnett • 2023

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

4.18

7k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives

Little Ghosts 87%

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

by Gregg Dunnett 2023

4.18

7k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders • 2017

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

3.75

179k+

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent

Lincoln in the Bardo 87%

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

by George Saunders 2017

3.75

179k+ ratings

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent

A House of Bells

by J.T. Croft • 2021

Disgraced, a governess saves a mute child from poison and ghosts in a manor of bells.

3.82

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👩‍🏫 Traumatized Governess 👻 Ghostly Child Guide

A House of Bells 87%

Disgraced, a governess saves a mute child from poison and ghosts in a manor of bells.

by J.T. Croft 2021

3.82

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👩‍🏫 Traumatized Governess 👻 Ghostly Child Guide

Violet

by Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

3k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend

Violet 87%

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

by Scott Thomas 2019

3.54

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend

In the Shadow of Blackbirds

by Cat Winters • 2013

During the 1918 flu, a girl's photograph captures her dead soldier's ghost begging for the truth.

3.85

13k+

🖤 Gothic Historical 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 📷 Spirit Photography

In the Shadow of Blackbirds 87%

During the 1918 flu, a girl's photograph captures her dead soldier's ghost begging for the truth.

by Cat Winters 2013

3.85

13k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Historical 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 📷 Spirit Photography

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