The 100 Best British Ghost Stories

The 100 Best British Ghost Stories
Author: Gillian Bennett
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1445620189

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A lively new collection of 100 British ghost stories from the seventeenth century to the present day.

The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women

The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women
Author: Marie O'Regan
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-10-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780330251

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25 chilling short stories by outstanding female writers. Women have always written exceptional stories of horror and the supernatural. This anthology aims to showcase the very best of these, from Amelia B. Edwards's 'The Phantom Coach', published in 1864, through past luminaries such as Edith Wharton and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, to modern talents including Muriel Gray, Sarah Pinborough and Lilith Saintcrow. From tales of ghostly children to visitations by departed loved ones, and from heart-rending stories to the profoundly unsettling depiction of extreme malevolence, what each of these stories has in common is the effect of a slight chilling of the skin, a feeling of something not quite present, but nevertheless there. If anything, this showcase anthology proves that sometimes the female of the species can also be the most terrifying . . .

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
Author: Michael Cox
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 019955630X

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The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H. White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a second flowering between the two World Wars and its popularity is as great as ever.

A History of the Modern British Ghost Story

A History of the Modern British Ghost Story
Author: S. Hay
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2011-10-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230316832

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Ghost stories are always in conversation with novelistic modes with which they are contemporary. This book examines examples from Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Rudyard Kipling, amongst others, to the end of the twentieth century, looking at how they address empire, class, property, history and trauma.

Great Ghost Stories

Great Ghost Stories
Author: Various
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1998-09-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780688145873

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"I can assure you," said the young man, "that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me." So says the foolishly brave narrator of H. G. Wells's "The Red Room," one of the thirteen great ghost stories gathered together in this deluxe illustrated volume. Selected and illustrated by Barry Moser, a master of the macabre, these spooky tales will send a shiver down the spine of even the bravest reader. This new edition includes classic masterpieces of horror by H. P. Lovecraft, Brain Stoker, Richard Middleton, and Arthur Conan Doyle. There are also several chilling modern tales of the supernatural by such authors as Madeleine L'Engle and Joyce Carol Oates to petrify even the most seasoned explorer of the dark realms. From the slowly gathering dread of being caught in the grips of a haunted house to the sure, sharp horror of realization that overcomes one entering the spirit world, nothing compares to the thrill of these tales from the great beyond. With Barry Moser's fourteen eerie watercolors, this collection is sure to satisfy readers with an insatiable taste for terror, as well as those who simply love the chill down the spine that comes from reading a great ghost story.

They Walk at Night

They Walk at Night
Author: M. J. Wayland
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2015-12-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781530133741

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Best-selling author, ghost historian and researcher MJ Wayland has carefully selected some of the most intriguing and scary ghost stories that Britain has to offer. From Black-eyed children ghost sightings, the ghosts of Kate Middleton's family home to a guide to Britain's most haunted locations, this compendium of frights offers ideal bite size reading at anytime, except maybe when you go to bed.... Cases included: Kate Middleton's Ghost The Ghost and the Murderer The Mystery of the Black-eyed Children Haughton Castle Spectre Vampires of the Borders Phantom Cannons of Hull Lancashire's Most Haunted Houses The Ghost Ship Clapham Woods: Haunted or Cursed? Oxford's Haunted Colleges Screaming Skulls Ghosts of Balgonie Castle, The Jorrock's Skull Isle of the Dead The Phantom Hand Scotland's Most Haunted Road A Haunting Village The Ghosts of Street House A to Z of Britain's Scariest Ghosts AND LOTS MORE GHOST STORIES!

Widdershins

Widdershins
Author: Oliver Onions
Publisher: Cornerstone Publications USA
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1926
Genre:
ISBN:

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Leo

Leo
Author: Mac Barnett
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2015-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452139555

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“A fearful ghost, a take-charge girl, an interracial friendship, and a tale in which fear is . . . sweetly tied to positive qualities of imagination.” —The New York Times You would like being friends with Leo. He likes to draw, he makes delicious snacks, and most people can't even see him. Because Leo is also a ghost. When a new family moves into his home and Leo's efforts to welcome them are misunderstood, Leo decides it is time to leave and see the world. That is how he meets Jane, a kid with a tremendous imagination and an open position for a worthy knight. That is how Leo and Jane become friends. And that is when their adventures begin. This charming tale of friendship—from two of the best young minds in picture books: the author of the Caldecott Honor–winning Extra Yarn and the illustrator of the Bologna Ragazzi Award–winning Josephine—is destined to become a modern classic that will delight readers for years to come. “Enchanting.” —The Washington Post “A whimsical tale from Barnett aptly accompanied by enthralling artwork by Robinson.” —School Library Journal, starred review “A tender, touching story of friendship and the power of imagination.” —Booklist, starred review “Warm and wise.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “This deceptively simple story examines deep themes of perception and truth, friendship and loyalty.” —Shelf Awareness, starred review “A pleasure to read aloud.” —Wall Street Journal “There is nothing spooky about this moving story of friendship, acceptance, and belonging.” —Boston Globe A New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

The Random House Book of Ghost Stories

The Random House Book of Ghost Stories
Author: Susan Hill
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1991
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

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Seventeen ghost stories from England are cozy or comic rather than spooky.

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2010-02-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0141943815

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This terrifying selection of ghost stories brings together the very best classic works from the masters of the supernatural Phantom coaches, evil familiars, shadowy houses, spectral children and mysterious doppelgangers haunt these tales. They range from the famous, such as M. R. James's tale of an ancient curse, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad' and W. W. Jacobs's story of gruesome wish-fulfilment, 'The Monkey's Paw', to lesser-known masterpieces: Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet', telling of a parish priest tormented for life by his encounter with the undead; Charles Dickens's unsettling account of a railway signal-man and an ominous portent; and Edward Bulwer Lytton's 'The Haunted and the Haunters', where a cursed house harbours a diabolical secret. Michael Newton's introduction discusses why ghost stories scare us and why they flourished from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century, examining their changing conventions throughout history. This edition also includes further reading, notes, a glossary and a chronology. Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton