The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

Author: Michael Newton

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 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


The Spectral Book of Horror Stories

The Spectral Book of Horror Stories

Author: Ramsey Campbell

Publisher:

Published: 2014-06-09

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780957392786

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19 BRAND NEW TALES TO CHILL YOUR BLOOD AND HAUNT YOUR DREAMS! The first in an annual anthology series, inspired by the Pan and Fontana books of yesteryear! "The figure crouched over his mother was... taking something from her, sliding some spidery thing that struggled and screamed soundlessly out of her side and into his leathery dark bag..." - THE NIGHT DOCTOR by Steve Rasnic Tem "I saw her skin turn black and erupt in blisters and pustules as in one last mute appeal she stretched her hand towards me over the flames..." - THE BOOK AND THE RING by Reggie Oliver "There wasn't much of a struggle even when Tomas lashed him, limb by limb, to the stakes, although he had plenty to say to Tomas's back as he walked away. It was when Tomas reappeared, leading the shaggy, horned thing from the barn, that Mr Sunshine really started to squeal..." - CURES FOR A SICKENED WORLD by Brian Hodge


The Pan Book of Horror Stories

The Pan Book of Horror Stories

Author: Pan Macmillan

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781509860104

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A special edition of The Pan Book of Horror Stories reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. Over fifty years ago, Pan launched a series of books that were to delight and disgust - sometimes even on the same page - readers from across the world. From classics in the genre to scraping-the-barrel nastiness, the Pan Books of Horror had them all.This reissue of the very first Pan Book of Horror contains twenty-two terrifying tales of horror by a dazzling array of famous names - including Peter Fleming, C. S. Forester, Bram Stoker, Angus Wilson, Noel Langley, Jack Finney and L. P. Hartley. Stories of the uncanny jostle with tales of the macabre, it is the perfect bedside book - for those with nerves of steel!


Classic Ghost Stories

Classic Ghost Stories

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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This collection offers ghost stories that have long been considered classical: stories that have served as prototypes for other work, and stories that are in themselves uniquely great.


Ghost Stories: The Magazine and Its Makers: Vol 1 the Magazine and Its Makers:

Ghost Stories: The Magazine and Its Makers: Vol 1 the Magazine and Its Makers:

Author: John Locke

Publisher:

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781935031093

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Macfadden's GHOST STORIES magazine (1926-31) offered spooky tales in every flavor, many of them told in the confessional style of Macfadden's "true"-style magazines. This first of two volumes includes 19 stories, complete with original illustrations. Extensive nonfiction material includes the history of GHOST STORIES; as well as detailed biographies of every GHOST STORIES editor, and every author whose stories appear in this volume.


50 Great Horror Stories

50 Great Horror Stories

Author: John Canning

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780517136713

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A collection of stories about werewolves, demon cats, ghosts, devils, witches, vampires, and more.