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Ghost Stories by Women: The British and American Tradition [bibliog.]
(L. Carpenter; Garland 1991).
Ghost Stoly Index; An Auihor-Title Index. . . (F. Siemon; Library Research
Associates 1967) 141 p.

Ghost Tracks [CD-ROM giving complete text of about 500 stories on the
supernatural] (CMPG 1991).
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!The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (E.F. Bleiler; Kent State Univ. 1983)
123 p.

!Horror Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide (M.B. Tymn,
ed.; Bowker 1981) 559 p.

Les Sources Occultes du Romantisme; Illurninisme-~eosophie, 1770-1820
[theosophy & occultism in literature] (A. Viatte; Champion 1979 (re-
print of 1928 ed.)) 2 vols.

!*Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror [history & biog.]
(E.F. Bleiler, ed.; Scribner 1985) 2 vols.
The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult,
Weird, and Horror Anthologies (M. Ashley & W.G. Contento; Green-
wood 1995) 933 p.

#The Vampire in Literature: A Critical Bibliography (M. Carter, ed.; UMI
Research Press 1989) 135 p.

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL SUBJECTS:
DOWSING, PALMISTRZ: TAROT PROPHESIES, PHmNOLOGX
VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES, ANGELS, ETC.

It should be apparent even to the casual observer that there is often a
fine line to draw between those subjects with links to ‘‘real’’ phenomena
and those which belong strictly to the realm of myth, legend, and fiction.
Most onlookers would probably assign a purely mythical status to fairies,
for cxample, but for reasons unknown the little beings continue to be
sighted in significant number, leading some sources to view them in occult
terms. Similarly, though vampires and werewolves may well simply be
fictional entitics-at least as they are usually portrayed-a sizable enough