~ Amorphous Apparitions ~

Portrait from James Speed.

“The contours of the dark things around me are sharpening, faint features beginning to emerge.” —Eric Stone, Grave Imports

~ Amorphous Apparitions ~

Portrait from Memoir of Thomas Handasyd Perkins.

“The play of light and shadows turned his craggy face into an eerie visage.” —Lori Foster

~ Amorphous Apparitions ~

Portrait from Life of Thomas Jefferson.

“It was an unmistakable face, and of itself answered many questions.” —Alfred Elton Van Vogt

~ Amorphous Apparitions ~

Portrait from The Life of William Pinkney.

“With such ghostly features, what on Earth can you focus on?” —Martin Mobberley

An illustration of a spirit double from an 1889 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.  The caption reads: "It seemed almost like a luminous mist floating in through the window—and out of that mist slowly grew my own face and form."

Dedicated to Clint Marsh.

~ Amorphous Apparitions ~

Portrait from Samuel Daniel.

“His pale face visible as only a white smudge.” —Peter Straub, Ghost Story

~ Classic Sightings ~

A cemetery as it appears on the other side,

from Memoir of Captain M. M. Hammond.

via The Ghost in the [Scanning] Machine.

Here's another type of ghost in the scanning machine, presented in honor of Gordon Meyer.  This image recalls the double-exposure spirit photography of the 19th century.  This particular ghost materialized in the Google Books scan of Wilfred Montressor: or, The Secret Order of the Seven: A Romance of Life in the New York Metropolis (1865).  We're especially tickled by the ghost of the huge letter Y.

~ Classic Sightings ~

Portrait from Memoir of George Edmund Street.

In this haunting, the ghost appears twice, once in a gray shadow and once in a blue mist.

To understand what's going on here, see The Ghost in the [Scanning] Machine.