PHANTOM LOVERS

 ‘I entered a bedroom and found myselffacing a full-length mirror. My reflection stared back at me as though I were astranger, as though my reflection belonged to the house, while I was only anoutsider. […]As I turned from the mirror, I thought I saw someone, something,some reflection other than mine, move behind me in the mirror.’

Whether it is to escape the horrors of reallife, or to investigate what happens when we die—whatever the motivation, theeerie and the uncanny have a strong hold on the human mind. It is often thefirst question we ask the hotel manager when we visit an old town. Some even golooking for towns and homes infamous for hauntings! The supernatural is apowerful force, and it makes for great storytelling.

In Phantom Lovers, Ruskin Bond takes us through acollection of stories and personal essays that delve into the other world. Fromcorpses that come alive, to thieves who appear to be haunting your train bogey,to scratching on your door that sounds alarmingly like human nails, creaturesthat live in the water, waiting for their victims—this book has something for every horror lover; maybe even the potential to turn you intoa believer!