Ghost Story: A Novella

Spirits roam these hotel halls... looking for that final warm embrace. Someone to hold them tight. And never let go.

Mark, a 23-year-old young professional, anticipated this is going to be a pleasurable week with his work friends, a jolly company indeed. All of them celebrating right before Halloween at the Irish countryside, staying in a manor house surrounded by deep woods, leading to the ocean... with a history of its own. Still in such a young company Mark feels quite alone, but his ambition drives him to go on and forward. Now suddenly Mark is feeling disoriented, scared and alone. Waking up in different rooms and places around the hotel. Not remembering going to sleep the previous night at all. Things take a darker turn for him, confused within the manor walls. The waves of the nearby ocean slowly beating, and calling out his name to him. To whom he can turn to, find help him in this confusion? It's time for Mark to make some new friends: A psychic.

And a ghost. A crash of a triangle which leads in many directions. Which one will prove to be the one Mark is looking for all along ... and which one was indeed looking for him? And in fact may lead him to his doom. Is Mark finally going to come face to face .... with somebody that really needs him?

Hand painted color illustrations by Scottish artist included. 

"Fans of hauntings in a classical mode will enjoy this brisk tale, which boasts a shocking conclusion that readers will guess at while hoping for a happy ending. Takeaway: A time-crossed ghost story that is equal parts haunting and suspenseful. When the past and present slip into each other, Cooper keeps the narrative clear but its mysteries tantalizingly elusive. Her strong hand at evocative details (iron stairs, climbing ivy) never slows the narrative momentum, and the prose is charged with feeling." -- by Publishers Weekly

"Barbara Cooper plays the long game in this tantalizing and mysterious paranormal journey. There's a lot going on behind the scenes of this ghostly mystery that young readers can enjoy and dissect. Mixed in with creepy events is a story of connection, finding your purpose, and what some people will do to attain that kind of freedom. I loved the complexity of this book and the ways in which Cooper displays universal human feelings." -- Independent Book Review

"Cooper thrills from the opening pages in this tense, time-crossed gothic beauty.

A life-changing trip that not everyone will make it out of!" -- BookLife Review

Large print edition novella.