Ashoriri Prohori

Ashoriri Prohori by Jaydeep Chakraborty is a spellbinding Bengali ghost fiction anthology collecting 20 original supernatural short stories that shatter every cliché about what a ghost can be. Just as humans span the full moral spectrum — kind, cruel, timid, helpful, mischievous — so too do the spirits in Jaydeep Chakraborty's richly imagined world. Readers will encounter sweet ghosts, generous ghosts, warm-hearted protectors, and genuinely terrifying presences, including one that saves the living from other malevolent entities. This Bengali horror literature collection carries a candid warning from the author: these stories are not for the faint-hearted, and reading alone at night or without daylight is strongly inadvisable. The book's very title makes that promise transparent. Written in Chakraborty's electrifying prose style, 'Ashoriri Prohori' is the kind of Bengali supernatural fiction you pick up for one story and cannot put down until the last page.