The Drunken Ghost: A strange tale

Neel Rana

Mar 2017 · Neel Rana

About this ebook

A Twenty Minute read short story with tons of emotions primarily Love and Tragedy and contains a strange Scary tale. 

The story begins with the unforgettable journey of a young boy, Dev, and a train journey he takes with his family to Chennai.

During the journey, Dev persuades his grandpa to tell him a ghost story, and so begins the  tale of the orphan boy Sama, a child from Dev’s home village of Raawi. As the journey continues, Dev is drawn further into the tale, following the twists and turns, meeting the various characters his grandpa’s imagination conjures up.

 Travel with Dev as he uncovers a love story, meets a ghost-catcher, and reveals a truth that will stay with him forever.

The story is presenting the character of an orphan boy "Sama" who was adopted by a priest. 

The book also contains some memorable characters like "Zoya" the wife of Sama, "Prem Nath" the recluse priest, "Kalo" the bandit cum ghost catcher, "Bhima" the able-bodied man with less sense ,"Altaf" Mr. Show off. The book is also presenting the heart broken love tale of "Sama" and his wife "Zoya".

Ratings and reviews

Awesome book.. It really scare you.. I really enjoyed reading it.. good work keep it up. look forward to more interesting books in different genres or similar would also work.

Shows people assume way too much. And if you don't helped people it will come back and haunt you.

I loved this.. I just wish it had been longer. Great development of the characters for such a short story!

About the author

 Neel Rana is a Literature graduate who turned into an author and now belongs to the fraternity of young writers.

After graduating in English literature, Neel wanted to write a fiction novel on fantasy, but his heart led him to make his debut with the short story "The Drunken Ghost".

Currently Neel is working on his first fantasy novel.