Haunted Thailand. Learn about Thai ghosts & spirits!
Many moons ago, I used to scrape a living writing freelance articles for a number of magazines in Bangkok. My tastes and needs were a lot less refined back then and I didn’t need the opulence of my current existence. The great thing about that time was that I got to do a lot of different stuff. One week was interviewing a famous kickboxer, then review a bar, then write and article about the ghosts and spirits that seem to have haunted every inch of the otherwise pleasant country.
It was the latter article that really stuck with me and out of all the things I have written, it was the one main one that I wanted to learn more about. So I did and it was fascinating! Consequently, I wrote an ebook about it called Haunted Thailand. Most of my readers here are from the USA so in deference to them, here is a link. To those from the UK, here is a lovely link for you.
I know this is not technically science fiction but when you have creatures like those on the cover (20-foot tall Praet), it is pretty close. Besides, I think it is a fascinating topic and rather than saying all the same things in the blurb, I will copy it instead. Haunted Thailand costs a pittance and I hope you enjoy it:
In sunny Thailand there are a lot of things that go bump in the night. Ranging from grotesque to seductive, disgusting to cute, malevolent to benevolent, in the ‘Land of Smiles’ ghosts and spirits are everywhere. Although predominantly Buddhist, Thais strongly believe in spirit worship and this, combined with the love of a good grisly tale means there are some fascinating undead wandering around. As a journalist based in Bangkok, Jason R Ward had been hired to write an article on Thai ghosts and hauntings but after a bit of research realized an 800 word piece was, frankly, not going to cut it.
Read about some of the more famous spirits such as the bloodthirsty Mae Nak, an undead woman who won’t take her death lying down and is willing to kill to keep her secret; a Krasue – a surprisingly attractive flying female head with dangling entrails and a truly disgusting diet; or a Praet, a twenty-foot tall invisible entity with colossal hands, a minuscule mouth, and a raging hunger. As if they weren’t enough, there are other stories, including hauntings at the international airport, pretty women who are actually seductive tree spirits and even a ghost who lives in the toilet that helps out with nightmares. Add to the mix spells, rituals, the occult and it is a wonder Thais leave the house at night.
Haunted Thailand brings together some of the better known tales of the region and a few that even the locals may not know. Dim the lights and enjoy…
Once more for the US:
And one for the Brits:
