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Here are ghosts of every kind and in every mood. Ghosts human, ghosts animal, ghosts malevolent, ghosts tender, ghosts possessive, ghosts vindictive. Superbly written and deliciously hair-raising stories by twenty-seven most talented writers of our day.
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Stories that will take you in a cold embrace -- 27 startling tales of the tormented and the damned.
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“The dead are awake! The dead are awake!”
First Sentence edit
This is the seventh collection of ghost stories that Lady Cynthia Asquith has edited and contributed to, and I am proud to have been asked to write a foreword to it.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction, by L. P. Hartley
The Telephone, by Mary Treadgold
The Claimant, by Elizabeth Bowen
Napoleon's Hat, by Evelyn Fabyan
The Bull, by Rachel Hartfield
The House That Wouldn't Keep Still, by L. A. G. Strong
The Doctor, by Mary Fitt
On No Account, My Love, by Elizabeth Jenkins
The Ghost of the Valley, by Lord Dunsany
The Day of the Funeral, by Margaret Lane
Take Your Partners, by Ronald Blythe
Someone in the Lift, by L. P. Hartley
Ringing the Changes, by Robert Aickman
The Tower, by Marghanita Laski
I Became Bulwinkle, by Jonathan Curling
Mrs. Smiff, by Collin Brooks
Somebody Calls, by James Laver
Harry, by Rosemary Timperley
The Shades of Sleepe, by Ursula Codrington
The Woman in Black, by Daniel George
A Laugh on the Professor, by Shane Leslie
Poor Girl, by Elizabeth Taylor
The House in the Glen, by John Connell
The King of Spades, by Nancy Spain
The Uninvited Face, by Michael Asquith
Animals or Human Beings, by Angus Wilson
Remembering Lee, by Eileen Bigland
Who is Sylvia?, by Cynthia Asquith
Series & Lists edit
This is book 134 of 199 in Newman and Jones 200 Best Horror Novels. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cynthia Asquith (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- L. P. Hartley (Introduction)
- Mary Treadgold (Contributor) - The Telephone (short story)
- Elizabeth Bowen (Contributor) - The Claimant (short story)
- Evelyn Fabyan (Contributor) - Napoleon's Hat (short story)
- Rachel Hartfield (Contributor) - The Bull (short story)
- L. A. G. Strong (Contributor) - The House That Wouldn't Keep Still (short story)
- Mary Fitt (Contributor) - The Doctor (short story)
- Elizabeth Jenkins (Contributor) - On No Account, My Love (short story)
- Lord Dunsany (Contributor) - The Ghost of the Valley (short story)
- Margaret Lane (Contributor) - The Day of the Funeral (short story)
- Ronald Blythe (Contributor) - Take Your Partners (short story)
- L. P. Hartley (Contributor) - Someone in the Lift (short story)
- Robert Aickman (Contributor) - Ringing the Changes (short story)
- Marghanita Laski (Contributor) - The Tower (short story)
- Jonathan Curling (Contributor) - I Became Bulwinkle (short story)
- Collin Brooks (Contributor) - Mrs Smiff (short story)
- James Laver (Contributor) - Somebody Calls (short story)
- Rosemary Timperley (Contributor) - Harry (short story)
- Ursula Codrington (Contributor) - The Shades of Blue (short story)
- Daniel George (Contributor) - The Woman in Black (short story)
- Shane Leslie (Contributor) - A Laugh on the Professor (short story)
- Elizabeth Taylor (Contributor) - Poor Girl (short story)
- John Connell (Contributor) - The House in the Glen (short story)
- Nancy Spain (Contributor) - The King of Spades (short story)
- Michael Asquith (Contributor) - The Uninvited Face (short story)
- Angus Wilson (Contributor) - Animals or Human Beings (short story)
- Eileen Bigland (Contributor) - Remembering Lee (short story)
- Cynthia Asquith (Contributor) - Who is Sylvia? (short story)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: James Barrie Publishers Ltd.
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1955
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: James Barrie Publishers Ltd.
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1955
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: Add the page count.
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