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Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal
As the dense coastal fog rolls in to blanket the shoreline in
gloomy silence, one thing becomes very clear. Oregon is a state in
which ghosts roam. Not only here on the coast but in the lush green
inland regions as well. Oregon is the ninth largest state in the
US, and is one of contrasts from the fertile Willamette Valley with
its hundreds of wineries to its rugged coastline; from its
twenty-two feet tall Pioneer statue, known affectionately as Gold
Man, sitting atop the state capital in Salem to its ghost towns,
Oregon is a state of stark beauty, hauntings and history. Ghosts
linger for any number of reasons. Those who've stayed on in Oregon
range from millionaires who refuse to move from their mansions,
lonely cemetery inhabitants, those attached to local theaters,
saloons and hotels to ladies of the evening who made the wrong life
and death decisions. Their reasons for staying put are as varied as
there are rose bushes in the state.
A mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the
roar of the sea; a phantom hare stalks the moors to deliver justice
for a crime long dead; a man witnesses a murder in the woods near
St. Ives, only to wonder whether it was he himself who committed
the crime. Offering a bounty of lost or forgotten strange and
Gothic tales set in Cornwall, Cornish Horrors explores the rich
folklore and traditions of the region in a journey through mines,
local mythology, shipwrecks, seascapes, and the coming of the
railway and tourism. With stories by Gothic luminaries such as Bram
Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe, this new collection also features
chilling yarns of the haunted peninsula from a host of
underappreciated writers from the past two centuries.
THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY'S HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Centuries
before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set
the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms
turned to ash. The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to
life in George R.R. Martin's FIRE & BLOOD. So began the
Targaryens' bloody rule, with fire and blood. Setting brother
against brother, mother against daughter, and dragon against
dragon. Chronicled by a learned maester of the Citadel, this
thrilling and bloody history of Westeros tells the story of where
the battle for the Iron Throne began...
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