Ghost Husband

Modern

Twenty minutes before the "Wedding of the Century" at The Plaza, I stood outside the Presidential Suite in a fifty-thousand-dollar Vera Wang gown. I was the girl from a West Virginia trailer park about to marry Hugh Maxwell, the golden heir to a billion-dollar defense empire. I pushed the door open only to find Hugh pinned against the bed with my own stepsister, Floy. She was wearing my bridal diamond necklace, and the sounds of their laughter scraped against my eardrums like sandpaper. I didn't scream; I listened as Hugh grunted that once the wedding was over and the trust fund unlocked, he'd dump "that hillbilly trash" on a bus back to the mountains. They weren't just cheating; they were planning to steal my family's land deeds and leave me with nothing. When I set off the sprinklers and exposed their naked bodies to the paparazzi, the Maxwell family didn't apologize. They called me a "greedy peasant" and threatened to ruin my life unless I signed a new deal to save their crashing stock. I realized then that I was never a bride to them. I was a transaction, a rounding error in a ledger to be used and discarded. They thought my poverty made me weak and my silence made me a victim. "If we don't have a marriage certificate by midnight, the bank freezes thirty percent of our liquidity," their lawyer warned. So, I gave them exactly what they wanted. I used a loophole in their hundred-year-old family covenant and married the only other direct heir available. I didn't marry Hugh. I walked into the ICU and married his uncle, Fleet Maxwell-the legendary war hero who had been in a vegetative state for months. Now, I am the matriarch of the Maxwell dynasty. I've suspended Hugh's executive powers, exiled my mother-in-law to the Swiss Alps, and taken control of the family vault. They think I'm just a gold-digger waiting for a "corpse" to die so I can collect a fifty-million-dollar widow's payout. But last night, as I lay beside my comatose husband, the man they called a vegetable gripped my hand back.

Romance

To fulfill her dying grandmother's final wish, Clarice married a complete stranger. After a quick signature at City Hall, the man handed her a key and vanished overseas for an entire year. But when Clarice was promoted to the corporate headquarters, her quiet life was shattered. A year later, the

Romance

My father ordered me to marry a dying billionaire to save our family from bankruptcy. My stepmother and stepsister gloated, telling me it was a miracle for a dropout like me. They even joked that my sister Alice jumped off a cliff just to escape this exact arrangement. I didn't care about their th

Short stories

Bobby Adams was transferred to a new school where he felt reluctant to go due to the rumors of the bullies he heard. He finds out that there's more to the school than some fancy looking students and buildings or more when a female student, Stephanie Myers, the school's most beautiful and brightest s

Literature

Real Ghost Stories by W. T. Stead

Literature

Great Ghost Stories by Various

Horror

It's either do or die, what would you choose? Zoe Amethyst is a clever, and brave girl. That's what they describe her. Something already happened that makes Zhian Azrael haunted by the Ghost of the memories. What will happen to them? The choices are both risky, it's either your life or your sanity

Horror

Elias awakens to find himself - and eight other thirteen year olds - trapped in a strange cursed house somewhere in West Africa. Jakob must uphold the century old tradition of the occult entrusted into his care and reawaken the entire nine members of his tribe to begin the 'dawn'. Each must find a

Horror

When evil knocks on your door and challenges you to a game of death, what will you do? Will you play the game and try to live or would you rather fight the evil also trying to live? Five high school students got themselves in trouble fighting with a ghost that was awakened by another five friends. D

Literature

Poet and short-story writer Richard Middleton had a brief literary career that ended tragically with his suicide in 1911. But his oft-anthologized short story The Ghost Ship secured a place in literary history as one of the most beloved ghost stories ever written. This collection brings together The

Young Adult

William Hope Hodgson was born in Essex, England on November 15th, 1877. Over his short career he produced a large body of work which explored and covered many genres. From horror, to science fiction, to stories on the sea, where he had spent much of his early life. In 1899, at the age of 22, he open

Adventure

A shiver of shock ran in the air. Some were intrigued, others intimidated and one totally paralyzed by the startling similarity of the deceased wife of the CEO *Joyce* and *Latifa*, the new highest stockholder of the Dutchman's Empire. Zack wanted to unravel the mystery of Latifa's secret identi

Romance

For three years, I lived as a ghost in my own home, erased from my husband, Congressman Ethan Lester' s, memory after a convenient bout of amnesia. He remembered only his high school sweetheart, Sabrina, who promptly moved into our house, our bed. I was demoted from his brilliant political strategi

Billionaires

When tragedy strikes, billionaire Adrian Ryder's world crumbles. But in the darkness, he finds Sheila Adams, a shining light. Their romance defies the odds until Adrian awakens with no recollection of their love. As Sheila fights to rekindle their flame, they face enemies: Emily's deadly obsessio

Romance

"Don't waste those tears on people who don't deserve you." A baritone voice lifted my head from my bow. The tall man was standing and leaning against the wall and had a fist. He was wearing a simple white polo shirt and slacks. It's beautiful, elegant and smooth---I'm even overwhelmed by the white

Literature

The Ghost Kings by H. Rider Haggard

Literature

True Irish Ghost Stories by Wei Zhi

Fantasy

Dalmos was sucked into a world inside of a tree where he tasted misfortune. It is a tragedy to remain in a world you cannot control and all the more tragic if you do not have control over your own life. People who have surrendered leadership of their lives to others are always at the mercy of those

Adventure

In the shadowed realm of werewolves, Sera Moonshade, marked by destiny, finds herself entwined in an unexpected fate. Orphaned and rescued by a mysterious savior, she navigates pack life, forging a forbidden connection with the enemy Alpha's son. Yet, a clandestine force upheaves her world – an enig

Literature

Ghost Beyond the Gate by Mildred A. Wirt

Literature

Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Wei Zhi