From the author of Sacred Evil and Beloved Witch comes a chilling new collection of real-life stories Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, practising Wiccan, tells tales of the spirit, the unknown, the supernatural, based on true encounters. An ageing actress gets obsessed with a mannequin replica of herself. A grieving husband tries to call up his wife's spirit. A young woman haunts a famous hotel in Puri. These are stories that will leave you feeling unsettled, disturbed, intrigued; stories that seem to come from another time.

Ipsita Roy Chakraverti was born in Kolkata. She went to college in Montreal, Canada, where, apart from graduating with Honours in English Literature, she became a member of the Society of the Study of Ancient Cultures and Civilizations and studied the myths, legends and esoteric history of old world cultures, before choosing the study of Wicca as her true calling. Her life has been an amazing one. Time and again she has encountered the mysterious 'X factor when the meeting ground between science and the supernatural has been transcended by a force that defies explanation. She is Secretary of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, in charge of womens affairs and undeveloped areas of Bengal.