This collection of sixteen stories contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research.As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.CONTENTS“When the ...

First published in 1914, Letters from a Living Dead Man was written by Elsa Barker (1869–1954). Sometime in 1912, Elsa Barker, an accomplished American Poetess, was visiting in Paris, when one night she found herself automatic writing, meaning that is someone other than her sub conscious was writing using her hand. The entity inspiring the writing, claimed to be Judge David Patterson Hatch. The judge explained that he had recently passed over and that he wanted to document his experiences ...

Does life go on beyond the grave? With the recent surge in popularity of topics focused on life after death Letters from the Afterlife originally published in 1914 under another title takes up this age-old question from a unique perspective - that of a man who has undergone ''the great change'' and has crossed the threshold we call death. Written through the hand of Elsa Barker an established author in her own right Letters presents a kind of ''astral travelogue&...