Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection

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Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Paranormal Parlor,
A Weiser Books Collection
A digital library of forgotten and fantastic stories of the occult.
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The House and the Brain:
A Truly Terrifying Tale
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Varla Ventura
It is “a dark and stormy night” full of
apparitions, dark magic, and paralyzing
terror for anyone who dares enter this
haunted London house. From novelist,
poet, and nineteenth-century science fiction
author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, author of The
Coming Race.
eSBN 978-1-61940-007-8 • $2.99
Mrs. Piper & the Society for
Psychical Research
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Noralie Robertson and Varla Ventura
Category: Fiction/Ghost
Subcategory: Fantasy/Paranormal, Ghost, Horror, Occult
and Supernatural
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Jap Herron, A Novel Written from
the Ouija Board
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Emily Grant Hutchings and Varla Ventura
The story of famous trance
medium Leonora Piper and the
Society for Psychical Research’s
fifteen –year investigation into
her supernatural powers.
The lost novel of Mark Twain written
seven years after his death, as
transmitted to Emily Grant Hutchings
via the Ouija board.
eSBN 978-1-61940-006-1 • $5.99
Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Occultism, Divination (general,
Ouija, Parapsychology
Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Parapsychology, ESP,
Occultism
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Water Wizardry
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Arthur Ainslie and Varla Ventura
The 1922 guide to parlor magic:
sleight of hand and simple tricks
with cards, eggs, pins and paper,
from illusionist and magician
Arthur Ainslie.
eISBN 978-1-61940-009-2 • $3.99
Category: Non-fiction/Magick
Subcategories: Magick Studies,
Occultism
A Haunting in Paris:
A Truly Terrifying Tale
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Ralph Adams Cram and Varla Ventrua
Gothic horror awaits at No. 252
Rue M. Le Prince in Paris, in
this story from Ralph Cram, the
well-known architect of Boston’s
Federal Building, who had a secret
penchant for the occult.
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Category: Fiction/Horror
Subcategories: Gothic, Ghost, Occult and
Supernatural
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Paranormal Parlor,
A Weiser Books Collection
A digital library of forgotten and fantastic stories of the occult.
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Psychometric Portrait of the
Victorian Era
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
E. Katharine Bates and Varla Ventura
Nineteenth-century author and psychic
investigator E. Katharine Bates travels
the world delving into the mysteries of
psychometry, discovering the impressions and intuitions surrounding material objects, from letters and rings, to
paintings and portraits.
eSBN 978-1-61940-016-0 • $2.99
Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Parapsychology, Occultism, Psychic
Phenomena
A True Story of Startling
Seances in San Francisco
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Intro by Gary Leon Hill,
Edited by Varla Ventura
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William Randolph Hearst, the mayor
of San Francisco, and even the chief
of police are among the many highprofile guests at a series of séances
in San Francisco at the turn of the
century.
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Subcategory: Parapsychology, Occultism, ESP
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The Haunted Orchard
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Richard Le Gallienne and
Varla Ventura
An amusing comedic Edwardian tale
of a quirky and skeptical poltergeistturned-detective, and the psychical
researcher sent to investigate him,
from science fiction and horror
writer, J.D. Beresford.
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Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Occultism, Parapsychology,
Psychic Phenomena, Fantasy Ghost/Horror
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The Haunted House
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Charles Dickens and Varla Ventrua
A silent old house, with white
lilacs and a strange orchard,
and a hauntingly sad melody
from a beautiful young ghost
reveal a romantic mystery in this
paranormal tale from English
author and poet Richard Le
Gallienne.
Master storyteller Charles Dickens’s
tradition of Christmas stories takes
an unconventional turn with this
tale of paranormal investigation
on the magical Twelfth Night of
Christmas. Watch for more stories
from Dickens’s The Haunted
House in the Paranormal Parlor
collection! eISBN 978-1-61940-018-4 • $2.99
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Category: Fiction
Subcategories: Fantasy, Ghost/Paranormal,
Gothic
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The Skeptical Poltergeist
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
J.D. Beresford and Varla Ventura
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Subcategories: Classics, Fantasy,
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Paranormal Parlor,
A Weiser Books Collection
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Story of an Appearance and
Disappearance
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Montague Rhodes James and Varla Ventura
Master horror writer Montague Rhodes
James sets a gruesome scene when
a beloved uncle goes missing and a
prophetic dream and the seemingly
innocent puppets of a Punch and Judy
show reveal the sinister and bloody truth.
eSBN 978-1-61940-031-3 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal
Clairvoyance in Time: Past & Future
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
C.W. Leadbeater and Varla Ventura,
Introduction by Clint Marsh
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Clairvoyance in time—the power of
reading the past and the future—is
a power all mystics seek but many
never find. Theosophist, teacher
and dabbler in the occult, C.W.
Leadbeater explains how to develop
clairvoyance in this nineteenth
century treatise.
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Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Clairvoyance, Occultism, ESP
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Materialized Apparitions
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Edward A. Brackett and Varla Ventura
Noted sculptor and psychic
investigator Edward A. Brackett
endeavors to discover the truth about
the afterlife by attending a series of
séances in which several loved ones
attempt to contact him from the
other side. Join him on his journey
from skeptic to psychic.
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Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Occultism, Parapsychology, ESP
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The Haunted Photograph
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Ruth McEnery Stuart and Varla Ventura
The Ghost in the Clock Room
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Charles Dickens and Varla Ventrua
A dying widow is slighted by
the unfaithful ghosts of her past
in this humorous nineteenthcentury ghost tale from spoken
word artist and short story writer
Ruth McEnery Stuart.
The second entry in The
Haunted House, a portmanteau
story co-written by Charles
Dickens with five collaborators,
was published in his 1859 edition
of All The Year Round. Don’t miss
other stories from The Haunted
House also in the Paranormal
Parlor Collection! eISBN 978-1-61940-033-7 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategories: Ghost, Humor
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Category: Fiction
Subcategories: Classics, Ghost
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Paranormal Parlor,
A Weiser Books Collection
A digital library of forgotten and fantastic stories of the occult.
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The Ghost in the Double Room
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
George Augustus Sala, Charles Dickens,
and Varla Ventura
In the third of the stories set in the
Haunted House of Charles Dickens, Salas’
story introduces us to the Ghost of the
Ague and the sad tale of the Ghost in the
Double Room.
eSBN 978-1-61940-044-3 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Ghost, Classic, Horror
The Astral Camera
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
William T. Stead and Varla Ventura,
Introduction by Clint Marsh
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Join early twentieth century author
William T. Stead for a romp in the
woods where the Camera Obscura
waits to photograph the very nature
of your soul!
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Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Parapsychology, Occultism, ESP
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The May-Pole of Merrymount
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Charles M. Skinner and Varla Ventura
Early author and historian Charles
M. Skinner collected folk tales from
around the world, but he had a
particular passion for stories of early
America.
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Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Folklore, Legends, Ghost
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Psychic Investigations in Early
America
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
E. Katherine Bates and Varla Ventura
Snake Charming
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
A. Alpheus and Varla Ventrua
Learn the ancient art of snake
charming! A form of animal
hypnotism, this mesmerizing
topic is an excerpt from A.
Alpheus’ 1905 work on mentalism
and hypnosis.
Pioneering paranormal
investigator and adventurer
E. Katherine Bates traveled
the world coducitng psychic
investigations. Join her in Early
America, for her Victorian
adventures with the
Other Side.
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eISBN 978-1-61940-041-2 • $2.99
Category: Non-fiction
Subcategories: Parapsychology, Occultism,
Psychic Phenomena
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Category: Non-fiction
Subcategories: Magic Studies, Occultism,
Shamanism, Spiritualism
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Paranormal Parlor,
A Weiser Books Collection
A digital library of forgotten and fantastic stories of the occult.
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Psychic Phenomena: The Movement of
Objects
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Edward T. Bennet and Varla Ventura
A 1909 publication that debates the
genuine vs. the charlatans when it comes
to parlor tricks and the real psychic
phenomena. From an author renowned
for his work on spiritualism, Christian
Science, and the psychical world.
The Young Man with the Rag Doll:
Experiments in Mentalism
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
A. Alpheus and Varla Ventura
Leading mentalist of the early 1900s, A.
Alpheus instructs readers on how to
turn grown men into rag dolls and use
the power of the mind to overcome
any obstacle.
eISBN 978-1-61940-066-5 • $2.99
Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Occultism, Spiritualism, Parapsychology/
ESP
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eISBN 978-1-61940-065-8 • $2.99
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Subcategory: Occultism, Spiritualism, Parapsychology/
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The Woman’s Ghost
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Algernon Blackwood and Varla Ventura
Master of horror Algernon
Blackwood brings this chilling tale
of a woman, her ghost, and the
surprising love between them.
eISBN 978-1-61940-067-2 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Horror, Fantasy/Paranormal, Ghost
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The Truth About Telepathy
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
J. Arthur Hill and Varla Ventrua
The Ghost in the Picture Room
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Adelaide Anne Procter, Charles Dickens,
and Varla Ventrua
One of the leading investigators
and psychic sleuths of the
Roaring 20’s takes a high-society
approach to the truth behind
occult powers and mentalism.
The fourth story in Dickens’
Haunted House collection
written by Queen Victoria’s
favorite poet, Adelaide Anne
Procter, is a true tale of terror, in
verse!
eISBN 978-1-61940-068-9 • $2.99
Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Occultism, Spiritualism,
Parapsychology/ESP
eISBN 978-1-61940-069-6 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Ghost, Classics, Literary
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Paranormal Parlor,
A Weiser Books Collection
A digital library of forgotten and fantastic stories of the occult.
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Psychic Phenomena: The Production of
Sound
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Edward T. Bennet and Varla Ventura
A 1909 publication that debates the
genuine vs. the charlatans when it comes
to parlor tricks and the real psychic
phenomena. From an author renowned
for his work on spiritualism, Christian
Science, and the psychical world.
The Spectre Bridegroom
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
William Hunt and Varla Ventura
What could be sadder than unrequited
love? The unrequited love of a ghost.
William Hunt recalls a heartbreaking
tale of love and death in this short
ghost story from the early 20th
century.
eISBN 978-1-61940-085-6 • $2.99
Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Occultism, Spiritualism, Parapsychology/
ESP
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Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Fantasy/Paranormal, Horror, Ghost
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My Own True Ghost Story
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
J. Arthur Hill and Varla Ventrua
A wild ride on a train bound
for ghost-town, this beautifully
crafted story from the author
famous for The Jungle Book
takes readers to a place where
the dead not only outnumber the
living, they celebrate more too.
eISBN 978-1-61940-087-0 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Classic, Fantasy/Paranormal,
Horror, Ghost
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The Ghost in the Cupboard Room
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, and Varla
Ventura
From Charles Dickens’ Haunted
House, a collection of stories set
in an abandoned housemeet The
Ghost in the Cupboard Room-a frightening tale told by writer,
essayist, actor, and lifeling friend of
Dickens, Wilkie Collins.
eISBN 978-1-61940-086-3 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Fantasy/Paranormal, Ghost, Classic
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Paranormal Parlor,
A Weiser Books Collection
A digital library of forgotten and fantastic stories of the occult.
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The Ghost in Master B’s Room
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Charles Dickens and Varla Ventura
From 1859’s Christmas edition of All
Year Round, edited by Charles Dickens,
a collection set in an abandoned house
where the guests are each asked to take
up residence in one of the haunted
rooms on the Twelfth Night of Christmas
(a night of high magical power when the
veil between the mortal and the spirit
world was thinnest). Read what lurks in
Master B.’s room.
Psychic Phenomena: The Appearance
of Light
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Edward T. Bennett and Varla Ventura
A 1909 publication that debates the
genuine vs. the charlatans when it
comes to parlor tricks and the real
psychic phenomena. From an author
renowned for his work on spiritualism,
Christian Science, and the psychical
world.
eISBN 978-1-61940-097-9 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Ghost, Classic
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eISBN 978-1-61940-096-2 • $2.99
Category: Non-fiction
Subcategory: Occultism, Spiritualism, Parapsychology/
ESP
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Corpse Candles and Fire Coffins
Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection
Elliott O’Donnell and Varla Ventura
Death portents, evil boring beetles,
and flickering ghosts move across
the shadowy pages of this ultrafreaky collection from Irish
supernaturalist Elliott O’Donnell.
eISBN 978-1-61940-098-6 • $2.99
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends,
Mythology
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