Everyone knows ghost stories, those spine-tingling tales for the campfire, but do you know how the ghosts feel about them? From stories about classic haunts and urban legends to light romantic comedies to psychological thrillers, to be a shadow is a collection of short stories that will take you over to the other side, to explore a more spectral point of view. The ghost of a detective catches an antiquities thief with the grudging assistance of the living. A hitchhiker ghost tries endlessly, in vain, to get home. From the other side of her dark mirror, Bloody Mary tells her tale and explains why the innocent have no need to fear her. A deceased graduate student looks back on his unusual quest for the meaning of life. And more...