Following their acclaimed Ghost Stories and Weird Women, award-winning anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton present a new eclectic anthology of ghosty tales certain to haunt the reader long past the closing page.
In Haunted Tales, the reader will enjoy discovering masterpieces like Algernon Blackwoodâs terrifying âThe Kit-Bag,â Oscar Wildeâs delightful âThe Canterville Ghost,â and F. Marion Crawfordâs horrific âThe Screaming Skull,â as well as lesser-known gems by some of literatureâs greatest voices, including Virginia Woolfâs âA Haunted House,â H. G. Wellsâs âThe Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,â and Rudyard Kiplingâs âThey.â
Haunted Tales also resurrects some wonders that have been woefully neglected, including Dinah Mulockâs âM. Anastasiusâ (which Charles Dickens called âthe best ghost story ever writtenâ); E. F. Bensonâs âThe Bus-Conductorâ (the source of one of the most iconic lines in horror); and E. and H. Heronâs âThe Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmithâ (the debut adventure of Flaxman Lowe, fictionâs first psychic detective).
Whether the stories are familiar or overlooked, all are sure to surprise and astonish the reader long past the closing of this bookâs cover.
Following their acclaimed Ghost Stories and Weird Women, award-winning anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton present a new eclectic anthology of ghosty tales certain to haunt the reader long past the closing page.
In Haunted Tales, the reader will enjoy discovering masterpieces like Algernon Blackwoodâs terrifying âThe Kit-Bag,â Oscar Wildeâs delightful âThe Canterville Ghost,â and F. Marion Crawfordâs horrific âThe Screaming Skull,â as well as lesser-known gems by some of literatureâs greatest voices, including Virginia Woolfâs âA Haunted House,â H. G. Wellsâs âThe Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,â and Rudyard Kiplingâs âThey.â
Haunted Tales also resurrects some wonders that have been woefully neglected, including Dinah Mulockâs âM. Anastasiusâ (which Charles Dickens called âthe best ghost story ever writtenâ); E. F. Bensonâs âThe Bus-Conductorâ (the source of one of the most iconic lines in horror); and E. and H. Heronâs âThe Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmithâ (the debut adventure of Flaxman Lowe, fictionâs first psychic detective).
Whether the stories are familiar or overlooked, all are sure to surprise and astonish the reader long past the closing of this bookâs cover.