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I Was Alive Here Once: Ghost Stories

by Sarah Coolidge

Ghost stories across borders and genres

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Ghost stories across borders and genres

Edited by Sarah Coolidge, this collection brings together eight contemporary ghost stories set across Korea, Yemen, Poland, Japan, Uzbekistan, Iceland, Tanzania, and Thailand. Its supernatural encounters connect personal and family secrets with forces reshaping the world around the characters: development threatens the home of two ghosts, a midwife assists a jinn, and the felling of an ancient tree releases a spirit and a family secret. Fantasy, horror, eco-fiction, and romance all appear in the collection, giving the ghost story a frame that reaches beyond the haunted-house tradition toward ecological and political concerns.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary ghost stories from a range of countries and cultural settings
  • Those who enjoy fiction blending horror or fantasy with ecological and political themes
  • Readers seeking an anthology that also includes romance and lighter elements

Themes

Ghosts and the boundary between the living and the deadEcological change and developmentFamily secretsFolklore and supernatural beings

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Book overview

"As surprising as it is unsettling--I Was Alive Here Once overflows with eerie pleasures."--Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House

 

Ghost stories from Korea, Yemen, Poland, Japan, Uzbekistan, Iceland, Tanzania, and Thailand


A water ghost and a forest ghost fall in love as developers destroy the only world they know. A midwife helps a jinn give birth. When an ancient tree is cut down, it unleashes a family's dark secret along with a vengeful spirit. Through eight contemporary stories exploring a range of genres, from fantasy and horror to eco-fiction and romance, this collection breathes new life into the ghost story, foregoing familiar tropes to speak to today's unique political and ecological horrors. Both lighthearted and menacing, I Was Alive Here Once will lead you into the haze where the living and the dead meet.

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