Alberta Fireside Ghost Stories

Known for her series of true ghost stories, Barbara Smith is back, this time with a collection of fictional ghostly tales set in real Alberta locations. So light the fire and prepare to be spooked by these delightfully eerie stories, including:


A young man trying to get home to Edmonton from Fort McMurray has a brush with death when he takes a ride in a phantom van

Three friends having brunch in Red Deer are joined by the ghost of a woman from a time gone by

The angry spirit of a woman killed on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River gets vengeance on the Edmonton man who caused her death

Kindly spirits give two lonely young people in Lethbridge a nudge in the right direction, forever changing their lives for the better

A well-meaning constable in Lloydminster inadvertently tries to help the ghost of a local hermit in his search for the money he was forced to leave behind when he died

Two soulmates, separated at birth, are reunited in death at the Okotoks Erratic

And more.