Archive · 27 Oct 2025
Satyajit Ray's 'Ghosts' Collection: Spooky Tales for Readers
Satyajit Ray wrote a book of spooky stories!
It's called Ghosts, Supernatural, and Tales of the Uncanny.
These stories are like little adventures into the world of ghosts and mysteries.
They explore how things like guilt, cruelty, and memories can create scary feelings.
The book includes tales of scarecrows that seem human, haunted houses, and even vampires!
The stories take place in different parts of India, where people encounter these strange and unsettling ghosts.
This book is a great read for children and adults who love a good ghost story.
The book contains 15 ghost stories by Satyajit Ray.
The stories were translated from Bengali.
Ray's stories are described as delightfully spooky rather than gory.
Themes include class conflicts, guilt, and animal cruelty.
The stories were originally published in Bengali children’s magazine Sandesh.
- Who
- Satyajit Ray wrote and illustrated the collection.
- What
- A collection of 15 ghost stories by Satyajit Ray, translated from Bengali.
- When
- Published recently.
- Where
- The stories take place across India.
- Why
- To provide readers with delightfully spooky stories.
- Book Title
- Ghosts, Supernatural, and Tales of the Uncanny
- Author
- Satyajit Ray
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Primary Translators
- Gopa Majumdar
- Number of Stories
- 15
- Illustrations
- By Satyajit Ray