‘Something rose out of the bottom of the pool. It looked like a giant snail, but its head was part human, its body and limbs part squid or octopus. An enormous succubus. It stood taller than the man in the pool. A creature soft and slimy, a survivor from our primaeval past.’
Take a plunge into Echoes of Eerie Encounters, a collection of Ruskin Bond’s most haunting stories; some bone-chilling and others rib-tickling. Is it ghosts you seek? There are phantom encounters waiting to happen—in abandoned houses, lonesome hill roads, forgotten bars and even the shadows of crowds. Or do you crave the company of murderers and scoundrels? They are here too, holding court with poisons and knives, biding their time.
The darkness beckons, with all the strange things and people that find comfort in it. Journey on… Who knows what you might find…
About the Author
Ruskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children’s books; and has contributed a number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of 23, he won the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Government in 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his adopted family.
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