This is a compilation of twelve short scary stories, many of them partly based on real events dealing with the supernatural, the magical, and mystical works of sharmans, black magic, the devil, and the unknown invisible residents of homes and the tropical jungle. In the mystical world, there are lives of the dead lingering around restlessly for reasons unknown, and some seeking justice to those causing their deaths, and these scary stories deal with the unbelievable, but truly happening. One story tells of restless souls of those killed by the Japanese invaders during the World War II, and in another story a samurai who had performed the hara-kiri had left behind a cursed samurai sword. An almost true story deals with the ghosts of the English colonial residents murdered a hundred years ago, seeking justice and for the real story to be told. In another chapter, the devil has entered the body of a young bride, now possessed and forced to do the work as commanded by another evil woman. In the story about a Malaysian politician who was butchered at his own request, it revealed human greed, lust, hunger for power and money. In one scary story, the reader is taken to the place of the sharman, to see him performing the black magic, for he truly is able to communicate with the devils. Last but not least, how does a murderer die? How does a man whose job was to kill people, die? Is it any easy death? Or does the death come with a prelude of the hell awaiting?
About the Author: M A Badrie is a former asociate professor of environmental sciences in Malaysia, and now works full time as an Environmental Consultant. He was educated at the University of California, Davis (BS) and Washington State University, Pullman (MS). He also did a post graduate diploma at the Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, the Netherlands, and he has a Ph D in Environmental Chemistry from Lancaster University, UK. As an academic he has published numerous research papers mainly on the environment, and a few academic books, and carried out research mainly on heavy metal chemistry. The methodology for metal geochemical fractionation in sediments which he developed in 1982 for his Ph D is still being used by heavy metal researches in various countries. In 1990 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award by the US government, and he spent almost a year at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, during which time he had the opportunity to visit the Congress and meet Senator Fulbright himself. As a consultant he has performed over 230 different jobs within the last 25 years, mainly in Malaysia and Brunei on environmental and agricultural projects. He has also produced a book on the Mangroves of Brunei, to be published by the Forestry Department, Brunei, based on a two year study of the mangrove forests in Brunei. Writing story books is a deep passion he has, and at this stage he written two other titles published with Amazon.com (1) Red Onion White Onion and Other Malay Legends and Folklores (2013) and (2) The Amazing Adventures of Quincy, the Flying Squirrel (2015). He has a few more titles to finish up, on ghost stories and also romance. To be published soon will be his unforgettable adventures as a foreign student in USA, entitled "Did You Happen to See A Tire Coming By This Way?". He has a keen interest in photography, and growing flowers and making music, a few of which are in Youtube. In his spare time he travels to various places, goes for snorkeling in marine parks and coral growing areas and enjoys looking at the marvels of marine life below the water. He lives in Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia with Rubi, his wife of 36 years Rubi and some of their kids.