If ever there was a place for ghost stories, it’s Cornwall — the rugged peninsula of southwest England that tumbles into the Atlantic Ocean.

Already remote, this often windswept corner was further isolated earlier this year when horrendous storms severed its only rail link, prompting round-the-clock efforts to reconnect it.

So it seems only fitting that, when I visit the region, I do so in the company of a long-dead novelist, playwright and poet with a penchant for the paranormal.

read more Ghosts be here? A mystery writer’s guide to the Cornish coast – CNN.com.