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| Author | : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 1975-01-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780486207155 |
Remaining supernatural fiction by writer many consider greatest ghost story writer of all time. Mystery stories are equally memorable.
| Author | : Montague Rhodes James |
| Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781840225518 |
Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M.R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday, in which documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings for unbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb. This edition presents all of James's published ghost stories, including the unforgettable 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Casting the Runes', and an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones's introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James's background and his mastery of the genre he made his own. --! From publisher's description.
| Author | : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 1851 |
| Genre | : Detective and mystery stories, English |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Rex Collings |
| Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781840220667 |
This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter's night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as 'real' apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Some of these stories are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of tales of the supernatural. There are stories from distant lands - 'Fisher's Ghost' by John Lang is set in Australia and 'A Ghostly Manifestation' by 'A Clergyman' is set in Calcutta. In this selection, Sir Walter Scott (a Victorian in spirit if not in fact), keeps company with Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and other illustrious masters of the genre.
| Author | : Edith Wharton |
| Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2012-11-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 144748052X |
This haunting anthology is an enthralling collection of chilling tales infused with Edith Wharton's masterful exploration of human psychology and the hidden recesses of the human heart. As a keen observer of human nature, Wharton weaves her ghostly tales with remarkable subtlety and psychological depth. Her ghosts are not mere apparitions but poignant manifestations of guilt, regret, and unrequited desires. Through her elegant prose and sharp wit, Wharton delves into the darkest corners of the human psyche, exploring themes of forbidden passions, societal constraints, and the persistent power of the past. Each setting serves as the backdrop for chilling encounters with the spectral realm. The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton is a testament to Wharton's versatility as a writer. The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, she imbues her tales with atmospheric tension, challenging the reader to question what lies beyond our mortal existence.
| Author | : Henry S. Whitehead |
| Publisher | : Wordsworth |
| Total Pages | : 1062 |
| Release | : 2012-09-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781848703124 |
‘And behind him, like a misshapen black frog, bounded the Thing, its red tongue lolling out of its gash of a mouth, its diminutive blubbery lips drawn back in a murderous snarl…’ Let Henry S. Whitehead take you into the mysterious and macabre world of voodoo where beasts invade the mind of man and where lives of the living are racked by the spirits of the dead. In this collection of rare and out of print stories you will encounter the curses of the great Guinea-Snake, the Sheen, the weredog whose very touch means certain death, the curious tale of the ‘magicked’ mirror, and fiendish manikins who make life a living hell. Included in this festival of shivering fear is the remarkable narrative ‘Williamson’ which every editor who read the story shied away from publishing. With deceptive simplicity and chilling realism, Whitehead’s Voodoo Talesare amongst the most frightening ever written.
| Author | : Leslie S Klinger |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2019-04-02 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1643131192 |
A masterful collection of ghost stories that have been overlooked by contemporary readers—including tales by celebrated authors such as Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton—presented with insightful annotations by acclaimed horror anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton. The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' bestselling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James. Acclaimed anthologists Leslie S. Klinger (The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes) and Lisa Morton (Ghosts: A Haunted History) set these stories in historical context and trace the literary significance of ghosts in fiction over almost two hundred years—from a traditional English ballad first printed in 1724 up to the science fiction–tinged tales of the early twentieth century. In bringing these masterful tales back from the dead, Ghost Stories will enlighten and frighten both longtime fans as well as new readers of the genre. Including stories by: Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, M. R. James, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and more.
| Author | : Rosemary Gray |
| Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
| Total Pages | : 623 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Ghost stories, Scottish |
| ISBN | : 9781840221688 |
A chilling collection of tales that illustrates Scotland's rich and diverse cultural tradition when it comes to the supernatural.
| Author | : Wilkie Collins |
| Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781840225334 |
A collection of strange stories from Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. It also includes the novella, The Haunted Hotel, a combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of waterways and death.
| Author | : Sarah Perry |
| Publisher | : September Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 149 |
| Release | : 2017-09-28 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1910463744 |
Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories. 'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names.' The Sunday Times 'These eerie, unsettling stories are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.' Daily Express Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. 'Subtly evocative of human relations loss, grief, or the fear of loneliness.' TLS 'A satisfying and spooky read.' Sun Also includes a gazetteer of English Heritage properties which are said to be haunted.
