Ghosts in their many guises
The many faces of ghosts This year has raced past in a blur of crises - first Brexit, then the Covid19 pandemic, lockdown, no lockdown, a bit of lockdown here and there, more regulations, fewer regulations, more cases, fewer deaths and the spectre of Brexit looming large at Midwinter. If that isn't food for a horror story or three, I don't know what is! To cheer myself up, I am happy to hide away in the shelter of Halloween and its multifarious ghouls and ghosts. When faced with the relentless gloom of reality, the utter terror stimulated by the supernatural and the fear its many legends and stories has triggered over the millennia provides an almost relaxing break. So, as my daughter happily carves a monstrous face into a pumpkin and my partner busies himself in the kitchen stirring a bowl of cake mix to make chocolate and ginger brownies, I have decided to delve into my favourite books and read up snippets of stories about ghosts, their many guises, and what to look out for a
