Tales and Ghost Tails is an assortment of ghost stories, some with repeat, beloved characters practicing the paranormal. Its story titles include the following: “Ghost Dog,” “Ghost Cat,” “Ghost Bird,” and “Penny Ghost.” A disembodied tale of a dog, the death of a cat obsesses its expectant-father owner, a bird communicating with a motherless young woman, and a hoarder with possessed dolls fill these pages.