{"product_id":"the-ghastling-book-sixteen-paperback","title":"The Ghastling: Book Sixteen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Parfitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Hartley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this \u003cstrong\u003efully illustrated\u003c\/strong\u003e issue we've got \u003cstrong\u003ehaunted dolls, incantations, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e doppelgängers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, unsettling children, murderous mermaids\u003c\/strong\u003e and plenty of \u003cstrong\u003eghost stories. \u003c\/strong\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eVincent Endwell\u003c\/strong\u003e's 'The Doll-Eater' a little girl is given a Raggedy Ann doll by her grandmother - a toy her mother dislikes. Soon it becomes apparent that the doll is more than just a cheering child's toy. \u003cstrong\u003eHannah Mariska\u003c\/strong\u003e's 'Mother Earth' tells of a mother's grief through the eyes of a nosey upstairs neighbour who witnesses something they shouldn't. \u003cstrong\u003eMathew Gostelow\u003c\/strong\u003e's 'Do Not Read' is a brilliant take on the popular horror trope of incantations. One night, Jenny, a little girl, requests her father read her a book, The Tallyman, from the library. \u003cstrong\u003eChloe Gambell\u003c\/strong\u003e's ghost story 'Mine' tells of family trauma. A young woman travels to her maternal homeland to visit her grandparents in Normandy, France, where they live in a former sanatorium. 'Dawn' by \u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Moussa\u003c\/strong\u003e is an unsettling story exploring the self and the body at the edge of death. \u003cstrong\u003eDamien B. Raphael\u003c\/strong\u003e's story 'Don't Be A Stranger' is a weird and compelling tale of a couple's demise after a fancy dress party. \u003cstrong\u003eMari Ellis Dunning\u003c\/strong\u003e's beautifully told folk horror 'Rumours' explores the arrival of mermaids in a small seaside community which, the rumours say, drowned two boys by the rock pools. \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Nuth\u003c\/strong\u003e's story 'Forty Foot Drain' is set in The Fens, ravaged by human destruction, it seems the land is getting its own back when a boatman fishes a half-dead boy out of a fen. \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Hartley\u003c\/strong\u003e's story 'Rorrim' is a strange story of doubles and alternate versions of the self. \u003cstrong\u003eNine tales of hauntings, hearsay, warped children's games, horror and weirdness fill this book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47443766706354,"sku":"9781838189150","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/33945f18ba26021006013cbcdacf867d.webp?v=1778693598","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-ghastling-book-sixteen-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}