Project Gutenberg 2012-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 335 Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1854 1909 Crawford, Francis Marion Bracker, M. Leone 1885 1937 Wandering ghosts Published in England under title: Uncanny tales. The dead smile -- The screaming skull -- Man overboard! -- For the blood is the life -- The upper berth -- By the waters of paradise -- The doll's ghost. Produced by sp1nd, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Wandering Ghosts" by F. Marion Crawford is a collection of supernatural tales written in the late 19th century. The opening story, "The Dead Smile," introduces us to a sinister family secret involving Sir Hugh Ockram, his dying condition, and the unsettling relationship between his son, Gabriel Ockram, and his niece, Evelyn Warburton. The tale is set against a backdrop of dark family history and eerie occurrences, hinting at themes of betrayal and the haunting legacies of the past. At the start of the collection, we enter the shadowy world of Ockram Hall, where Sir Hugh's cryptic remarks about the future of Gabriel and Evelyn ominously foreshadow a deeper family curse. As Sir Hugh lies on his deathbed, his ghastly smile becomes central to the narrative, seemingly embodying the weight of his unconfessed sins. The tension escalates as Gabriel and Evelyn confront disturbing secrets that suggest their future may be intertwined with a malicious past, leaving them haunted by a "secret" that could lead to their ruin. The atmosphere is thick with dread, and supernatural elements loom over the characters, shaping their fates in an unsettling manner. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40386/40386-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 85.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Horror tales Ghost stories American fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 414816 2025-07-16T11:00:18.286184 text/html 399709 2024-10-23T09:56:58 text/html 284593 2025-07-16T11:00:23.021113 application/epub+zip 287793 2025-07-16T11:00:18.996134 application/epub+zip 222542 2025-07-16T11:00:18.625145 application/epub+zip 408481 2025-07-16T11:00:26.304123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372029 2025-07-16T11:00:22.501191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307012 2022-09-18T13:14:13.591913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383179 2023-09-17T13:55:37.722803 text/plain 363400 2024-10-23T09:56:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17539 2025-07-16T11:00:26.436095 application/rdf+xml 19977 2025-07-16T11:00:18.709105 image/jpeg 2827 2025-07-16T11:00:18.667114 image/jpeg 261282 2025-07-16T11:00:18.325126 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia