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THE WORLD OF THE UNDEAD
'Ghosts and Things' is a spine chilling anthology of the most terrifying ghost stories ever written. Here are stories of the dead who will not lie still, the spirits of those that will walk the earth until their strange quest is fulfilled ...
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SLEEP NO MORE
The publishers of GHOSTS AND THINGS have assembled a rich feast of spine-chilling reading. Here are stories of the far and near, stories that will carry you into strange realms of the imagination.
In such stories as MARKHEIM by Robert Louis Stevenson, PHANTAS by Oliver...
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Quotes edit
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“Francis, Francis," I cried, "for Heaven's sake answer me. What is the horrible thing in your room? Cast it out, Francis; cast it from you.”
First Sentence edit
Toward the middle of the eighteenth century there lived in the Province of Massachusetts a widowed gentlewoman, the mother of three children.
Table of Contents edit
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, by Henry James
Caterpillars, by E. F. Benson
Markheim, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Ghost Ship, by Richard Middleton
The Novel of the White Powder, by Arthur Machen
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's", by Ambrose Bierce
Running Wolf, by Algernon Blackwood
The Music on the Hill, by Saki
Phantas, by Oliver Onions
The House, by Andre Maurois
The Lovely House, by Shirley Jackson
Authors & Contributors edit
- Hal Cantor (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- Henry James (Contributor) - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes (short story)
- E. F. Benson (Contributor) - Caterpillars (short story)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (Contributor) - Markheim (short story)
- Richard Middleton (Contributor) - The Ghost Ship (short story)
- Arthur Machen (Contributor) - The Novel of the White Powder (short story)
- Ambrose Bierce (Contributor) - The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" (short story)
- Algernon Blackwood (Contributor) - Running Wolf (short story)
- Saki (Contributor) - The Music on the Hill (short story)
- Oliver Onions (Contributor) - Phantas (short story)
- André Maurois (Contributor) - The House (short story)
- Shirley Jackson (Contributor) - The Lovely House (short story)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1962
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 160
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1962
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 160
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