"Caught in the beams of the torches was a hideously disfigured man. The top of his bald head was as flat as a pancake and the head itself was partly embedded into his chest, so that only his face from the nose up was visible and the tops of his legs were hidden somewhere in the upper abdomen."
This grotesquely deformed ghost appeared in the dead of night after a series of spooky goings-on in the empty office block in which Julia, the security guard, had been left on her own. Renowned Liverpool author, Tom Slemen, builds the tension in 'The Haunted Office Block' like a tightly coiling spring that will definitely raise the pulse rate of even the most sceptical reader!
In Haunted Liverpool 12, Tom has brought together the most spine-chilling collection of stories yet, bursting with larger-than-life characters such as Captain Blotto, who quickly sobers up in the middle of a storm when a very familiar ghost takes command of his ship; or the enigmatic, sword-wielding Mr Cornelius, who kept a gang of children in thrall one summer with his ability to walk through walls; and the desperately sad Grey Lady of Allerton Tower, who still haunts the site where she fell foul of the illustrious Earle family.
The myriad of stories from past and present, including new and fascinating insights into the antics of local legend Spring-Heeled Jack, will keep Tom's ever-growing readership on the edge of their seats.
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