The Ghosts of Charuma Forest and Other Stories

By Soter Lucio

Can a person long dead return to claim the gold he wants from the ghosts of Charuma Forest? Did his grandfather tell him the truth about the box that will change his life forever? Did the handkerchief stolen from the corpse in its coffin really cause all that damage to people's health? Sixteen shocking and terrifying stories of ghosts, vampires

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stratton Press
• Release date: Sep 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781648951268

Soter Lucio

I grew up in the mountainous region of Trinidad, situated in the West Indies, also known as the Caribbean. We are generally a superstitious people, growing up with stories of ghosts and jumbies, that some people have seen. I believe most of them to be true. Since such stories are always at the forefront of my mind and I love writing, why not stick to horror stories? And here I am, doing what I love most. This is my first book. I've had short stories published, but this is my first attempt at writing a collection. I had all these ideas floating around in my head. Sometimes I couldn't sleep comfortably because they keep turning around and around till eventually I got them down. Then there was a bit of order up there. All the stories in this collection is based on something that happened to me or someone I know, with a lot of embellishments, of course, to make them a bit exciting.

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