The Annotated In Ghostly Japan By Lafcadio Hearn

"Ghostly" was Lafcadio Hearn's favorite descriptive word but he also liked to use such words as "ghoulish," "bizarre," "weird," "hideous," and "monstrous." All those words apply here in The Annotated In Ghostly Japan. Whether you like your spirits living or dead, you are bound to find some chills here as Hearn presents us with a collection, a sketchbook if you will, of twelve stories and essays. How about a tale of a young Buddhist pilgrim as he ascends a mountain of human skulls? Or the sp...