
Ghost Stories
Arthur Quiller-CouchRoald DahlAmbrose BierceOliver OnionsHelen CresswellJoan AikenSakiMontague Rhodes JamesEdith NesbitEdgar Allan PoeRuth AinsworthJohn GordonWalter De la MareH. G. WellsPaul DorrellBrian AldersonH. Russell WakefieldMichael JosephPhilippa PearceE. F. BensonRobert ArthurArthur Conan DoyleW. W. JacobsGene KempLucy M. Boston
About this book
An exciting collection of tales from the twilight world of haunted houses and hair-raising spectres is contained in this spine-chilling anthology.
Includes:
THE RIDDLE | Walter de la Mare
THE MONKEY'S PAW | W. W. Jacobs
A TOUGH TUSSLE | Ambrose Bierce
THROUGH THE DOOR (from The Phantom Roundabout and Other Ghostly Stories) | Ruth Ainsworth
A PAIR OF HANDS | Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE | E. Nesbit
KROGER'S CHOICE | John Gordon
MANY COLOURED GLASS (from Young Winter's Tales) | Lucy M. Boston
THE CLOCK TOWER GHOST (from The Clock Tower Ghost) | Gene Kemp
THE BROWN HAND | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
THE GORGE OF THE CHURELS | H. Russell Wakefield
[THE TELL-TALE HEART](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) | Edgar Allan Poe
A KIND OF SWAN SONG | Helen Cresswell
THE HAUNTED TRAILER | Robert Arthur
THE STRANGER | Ambrose Bierce
THE HAUNTED DOLL'S HOUSE | M. R. James
THE [Landlady](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504259W/Landlady) (from Kiss Kiss) | Roald Dahl
BAD COMPANY | Walter de la Mare
THE YELLOW CAT | Michael Joseph
THE WOOING OF CHERRY BASNETT | Brian Alderson
EXPIATION | E. F. Benson
THE SHADOW-CAGE (from The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural) | Philippa Pearce
THE MORTAL | Oliver Onions
TEA AND EMPATHY | Paul Dorrell
LAURA | Saki
THE RED ROOM | H. G. Wells
THE WELL | W. W. Jacobs
THE SWAN CHILD (from A Whisper in the Night) | Joan Aiken
Subjects
ghost storiesghost storyghostssupernaturalghosthauntedhauntingscaryEnglish Ghost storiesGhost short stories in English (1800-1980)AnthologiesAmerican Horror talesAmerican literatureChildren's fictionClassic LiteratureCrimeCrime fiction