Marilyn Ross

Dark Shadows (December 1966) Despite warnings from the townspeople, Victoria Winters accepts the offer to come to the strange Collinwood as Governess. For some curious reason she feels the secret of her past may be uncovered in the bleak manor high on Widow’s Hill. From the Moment she arrives...

Victoria Winters (March 1967) Still trying to uncover the secret of her own identity, Victoria Winters continues her life at Collinwood. The unexpected arrival of mysterious strangers at the brooding manor instills terrible fears in her. Horrified at their lies and their evil, menacing gestures...

Secret of Barnabas Collins (January 1969) Here is another never-before-told story of the handsome, mysterious 175-year-old vampire. ​ While searching for the woman who will replace his long-lost Josette, and thus end the terrible curse upon him, Barnabas meets lovely Clare Duncan. The story...

Barnabas Collins (November 1968) Barnabas Collins, the 175 year-old vampire, is introduced in this story of gothic suspense. Your blood will grow cold as you read the never-before-told story of the foggy night in 1899 when Barnabas Collins first arrived in Collinwood. You’ll chill to the full...

The Mystery of Collinwood (January 1968) Victoria stood on the ledge known as Suicide Cliffs and stared down at the raging surf and jagged rocks below. Next to her stood Professor Mark Veno, a mysterious visitor to Collinwood. He spoke to her in a low, sinister voice. “Think of all those who...

Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost (January 1970) Collinwood is plagued with a series of menacing events when a ballet troupe arrives there to perform for the summer tourists. One girl in particular, the beautiful Diana Samson, whom Barnabas has come to love, is repeatedly attacked by a...

Strangers at Collins House (September 1967) Victoria Winters at last feels she has a clue to her own identity when she meets elderly Henry Collins. He secretly gives her the jewels which once belonged to his lost love — a woman Victoria strangely resembles. After receiving the gift, Victoria...

Karin will risk anything to save her marriage - including her life? Recovering from her grief over the mysterious death of her first love, Peter Allison, Karin marries Walter Bell, Peter's best friend. At first they are happy but soon Walter changes. He becomes silent and forbidding, and...

The mysterious "White Lady" of Trent Towers - was she a lovely vision or a deadly menace? As soon as Stella came to the strange house on gloomy Fog Island, she became the victim of a series of unexplained "accidents". And each time she narrowly escaped death, the unearthly "white lady" appeared...

WHAT WILL LAURA FIND AT CAMERON CASTLE -- LONG LIFE OR SUDDEN DEATH! Despite warnings from her friends that he is only a fortune hunter, beautiful heiress Laura Coles marries Donald Cameron. Fighting her fear, Laura agrees to settle at bleak Cameron Castle, her husband's ancestral home. But...

Voodoo drums beat out terror in this place of masked evil and perilous passion. So far from home, so close to hell The lush vegetation and burning sun of Haiti was a world away from Agnes Woodridge's New England home. Despite herself, the lovely young woman felt a tremor of fear of the unknown...

Was a noose tightening around a horrified Deborah Foster? It was the night of evil ritual. The worshippers of the devil danced around the ruined abbey, now transformed into a temple of terror. Deborah had come there hoping to unmask her sister’s killer. Suddenly against her will, Deborah felt...

The desperate summons could not be ignored . Stephen Briar's note was more than the grief-stricken missive of a newly widowed brother-in-law. Since Ann's untimely death, evil had settled over Briarcliff, and Stephen was fighting for his survival. Jessica Rice sought to uncover the truth about...

The wrath of the voodoo gods means death! Karen arrives at he Bagnold plantation in Haiti determined to uncover the truth about her cousin Sheila’s mysterious death. Sheila’s husband, Henri Bagnold, is not above suspicion — though Karen finds herself inalterably drawn to the handsome...

Arundel was cursed with a still unexplained secret from its sinister past. And when a series of strange, near-fatal accidents befell her, Marie was certain that the mysterious menace of the old mansion was reaching out to claim her as its next victim. At first she clung to her new-found love for...

From the moment she came to live at Phantom Manor, a rotting pile of stone she had suddenly inherited, Jan Davis became the terrified victim of a series of “accidents.” The lurking murderer could be anyone whose life was tied to the dread secret of the eerie mansion; a homicidal, half-witted...

Will Anita lose her husband to the ghost with the porcelain face? When they inherit an ancient mansion, Anita and her husband Charles move in. From the very beginning of their arrival at Shorecliff, Anita notices the change that comes over her husband. Charles turns into a sullen and brooding...

Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost (August 1971) Centuries ago, Jenny Swift ruled her cutthroat crew of pirates with a blacksnake whip. Now, legend says, her ghost still guards the treasure ship where it sank in Collinsport Cove, meting out death to those rash enough to seek her gold. But Norah...

Barnabas, Quentin and the Grave Robbers (June 1971) “You see, Paula, how well it will work out. Lily will drink the blood of the village maidens—and Barnabas will be blamed.” Paula stared at the evil doctor in horror. “Whatever happens to Barnabas, you’ll still have Quentin to reckon...

Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers (February 1971) In an alien spaceship hidden in a swamp near Collinwood, Roger Collins and his friend, space scientist Murdock Gray, lie bound and gagged—yet no one even knows they are missing! For their captors are able to change shapes at will, and...