They get together every now and then to tell each other haunting stories from their past. Ghost Story is the story of four old men: Frederick Hawthorne, Sears James, John Jaffery and Lewis Benedikt. And I'm not a guy that scares easy with books. The most terrifying ghost novel I've ever read is probably Peter Straub's iconic Ghost Story, which feels way too real to be comfortable and conventionally "fun". It's harder for them to catch you off guard because they can't just jump at you. Ghosts have always been a harder sell in literature than on screen, though. They just kick your ass until they get bored. Vampires can't be in the sun, werewolves can be shot with silver bullets, but what the fuck are you supposed to do with a ghost? You don't know what they want or what they can do to you. There are no rules when it comes to ghosts.
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