The essays in this collection concern various paranormal-occult phenomena, entities, and methods; many of them are given with real-life personal examples. The book is a quarry of highly unusual, unfamiliar, and uncanny material; the reader will encounter ectoplasm, psychic vampires, shadow people, hungry ghosts, ghost-repelling trees, ultraterrestrials, shadow people, and more; there are theoretical essays on the Tarot, Ouija, quantum ghost-hunting, and more. In the final chapter is a collection of true stories, though the entirety is peppered with more strange, mysterious accounts of the author's personal paranormal experiences. The book does not have to be read cover to cover, the reader can jump in anywhere, use it as a convenient handbook, and if nothing else, enjoy the accounts of real-life paranormal experiences as bedtime or late-night entertainment past midnight and the witching hour.

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