Whispers in The Dark

by Ruskin Bond

Within these pages you will befriend Jimmy the jinn who has trouble keeping his hands to himself, be witness to the mischief of the pisach and churel who live in the peepul tree, and find yourself in the company of a bloodthirsty vampire cat, besides other tales and curiosities that are guaranteed to send a delicious shiver down your spine!

Written in Bond's inimitable style and riveting to the core, this beautifully illustrated book is a must-have for anyone with a taste for the macabre.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Fiction

234 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2016

About the author

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.