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No. 12Thursday 5 November 2026Free

Ghost story writer

Ghost stories from a coastal town, read aloud

I’m Dilani. I write ghost stories from a coastal town and read them aloud, and I sell story collections, an audio pack, a ghost story workbook and a course on writing suspense.

A verandah at night with an oil lamp, moths and rain
  • NewThe lamp on the verandah
  • The train that stops at no station
  • Recording a story on a rainy night

Start here

New here? Start with these.

  1. The scariest thing is what is not said

    How a pause, a half sentence and a door left open do more than any monster.

  2. How to end a ghost story without a bang

    Three quiet endings I have used and one I regret.

  3. The first ghost story I wrote down

    Eight handwritten pages, a bad ending and a grandmother who told me what it should have been.

Coastal ghost stories

A ghost story every Friday: written for a lamp, a rainy night and a quiet house.

Online course

My course

  • Hands holding a fountain pen above a page
    Hands holding a fountain pen above a page

    Video course · 8 lessons

    Writing Suspense

    From a quiet opening to an ending that stays with the reader, one short lesson and one task a week.

    • 01What makes a story frightening11 min
    • 02A place that feels wrong13 min
    • 03The first sentence10 min
    • 04The pause12 min
    • 05What the reader imagines14 min
    • 06Ordinary details that turn13 min
    • 07Endings that stay15 min
    • 08Revising for dread12 min

Downloads and merch

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Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.

A hand writing in a notebook at a rainy window with palm fronds

About

About me

I grew up in a coastal town where everyone had a ghost story and nobody told it the same way twice. There was a lamp on a verandah that lit itself, a train that never reached the station and fishermen who stood in the surf long after dark. I wrote them down because I was afraid they would be forgotten, and then I started to read them aloud.

My stories are quiet. Nothing jumps out. A moth, a sound in the next room, a name that nobody remembers saying, and the feeling that the house is listening. I send one every Friday as a letter, and I record some of them to be listened to in the dark with the lamp low.

I am not a professional storyteller. What I sell is what I use myself: story collections to read, an audio pack of stories read aloud, a workbook for writing your own, and two video courses on suspense and on reading your stories to an audience.

Questions

How do the downloads arrive?

After checkout you receive an email with a download link, and the same link is shown on the confirmation page. Everything is a PDF you can read on a screen or print on ordinary A4 or Letter paper.

Do the courses have a deadline?

No. Once you buy a course it is yours to watch whenever you like, as often as you like. Both courses are in video, with a short writing task after each lesson.

How often does the letter come, and how do I leave?

One every Friday. Each one is a short ghost story, and some come with a recording. Every email has an unsubscribe link at the bottom, and it works at once.

What if a download is not what I expected?

Write to me within fourteen days and I will refund it, no questions asked.

Is there merch?

Yes: tees, mugs, totes, prints and stickers with my own designs. Each is printed to order and shipped by Printful, and the cost and delivery time show at checkout.

Stilt fishermen silhouetted in the surf at a hazy dawn

Newsletter

Coastal Ghost Stories

One ghost story every Friday, written for a lamp and a quiet house, and sometimes read aloud.

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