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Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories

by Richard Dalby (Editor)

Other authors: Robert Aickman (Contributor), Louisa Baldwin (Contributor), Nugent Barker (Contributor), E. F. Benson (Contributor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor)46 more, Charles Birkin (Contributor), Algernon Blackwood (Contributor), L.M. Boston (Contributor), A.M. Burrage (Contributor), Ramsey Campbell (Contributor), R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Contributor), Wilkie Collins (Contributor), Basil Copper (Contributor), Ralph A. Cram (Contributor), Daniel Defoe (Contributor), Charles Dickens (Contributor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor), Amelia B. Edwards (Contributor), Shamus Frazer (Contributor), John S. Glasby (Contributor), William Hope Hodgson (Contributor), Fergus Hume (Contributor), Henry James (Contributor), M. R. James (Contributor), Roger Johnson (Contributor), Rudyard Kipling (Contributor), D.H. Lawrence (Contributor), Margery Lawrence (Contributor), J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Contributor), R.H. Malden (Contributor), Richard Marsh (Contributor), John Metcalfe (Contributor), Edith Nesbit (Contributor), Fitz-James O'Brien (Contributor), Vincent O'Sullivan (Contributor), Roger Pater (Contributor), Edgar Allan Poe (Contributor), Forrest Reid (Contributor), J. H. Riddell (Contributor), L.T.C. Rolt (Contributor), David G. Rowlands (Contributor), Saki (Contributor), Sapper (Contributor), Montague Summers (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor), Mark Valentine (Contributor), Karl Edward Wagner (Contributor), Manly Wade Wellman (Contributor), Edward Lucas White (Contributor), Oscar Wilde (Contributor), William J. Wintle (Contributor)

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Series: Mammoth Ghosts

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Collection of tales of the supernatural by many distinguised authors.
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Dalby, RichardEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aickman, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Baldwin, LouisaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barker, NugentContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Benson, E. F.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bierce, AmbroseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Birkin, CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Blackwood, AlgernonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Boston, L.M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Burrage, A.M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Campbell, RamseyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chetwynd-Hayes, R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Collins, WilkieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Copper, BasilContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cram, Ralph A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Defoe, DanielContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dickens, CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doyle, Arthur ConanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Edwards, Amelia B.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Frazer, ShamusContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Glasby, John S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hodgson, William HopeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hume, FergusContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
James, HenryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
James, M. R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Johnson, RogerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kipling, RudyardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lawrence, D.H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lawrence, MargeryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Le Fanu, J. SheridanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Malden, R.H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Marsh, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Metcalfe, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nesbit, EdithContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Brien, Fitz-JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Sullivan, VincentContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pater, RogerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Poe, Edgar AllanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reid, ForrestContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Riddell, J. H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rolt, L.T.C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rowlands, David G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
SakiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
SapperContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Summers, MontagueContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Twain, MarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Valentine, MarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wagner, Karl EdwardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wellman, Manly WadeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
White, Edward LucasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wilde, OscarContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wintle, William J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crabb, GordonCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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1 • The Unsettled Dust • (1968) • novelette by Robert Aickman
40 • How He Left the Hotel • (1894) • short story by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin [as by Louisa Baldwin]
45 • Whessoe • (1928) • short story by Nugent Barker
55 • The Shuttered Room • (1929) • short story by E. F. Benson
68 • An Inhabitant of Carcosa • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
72 • "Is There Anybody There?" • (1964) • short story by Charles Birkin
88 • The Whisperers • (1912) • short story by Algernon Blackwood
94 • Curfew • (1967) • short story by L. M. Boston
103 • "I'm Sure It Was No. 31" • (1955) • short story by A. M. Burrage
108 • The Guide • (1989) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
120 • The Limping Ghost • (1975) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes (variant of The Ghost Who Limped)
136 • Mrs. Zant and the Ghost • (1885) • novelette by Wilkie Collins
169 • The House by the Tarn • (1971) • short story by Basil Copper
182 • In Kropfsberg Keep • (1895) • short story by Ralph Adams Cram [as by Ralph A. Cram]
191 • The Ghost in All the Rooms • (1727) • short story by Daniel Defoe
200 • The Bagman's Uncle • (1837) • short story by Charles Dickens (variant of The Story of the Bagman's Uncle)
217 • The Bully of Brocas Court • (1921) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
229 • In the Confessional • (1871) • short story by Amelia B. Edwards
244 • The Tune in Dan's Café • (1967) • short story by Shamus Frazer
254 • Beyond the Bourne • (1990) • short story by John S. Glasby
267 • The Valley of Lost Children • (1906) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
278 • The Sand-Walker • (1906) • short story by Fergus Hume
293 • The Real Right Thing • (1892) • short story by Henry James
306 • The Haunted Dolls' House • (1923) • short story by M. R. James
317 • The Wall-Painting • (1983) • short story by Roger Johnson
331 • "They" • (1904) • novelette by Rudyard Kipling
352 • The Last Laugh • (1925) • short story by D. H. Lawrence
369 • Robin's Rath • (1923) • novelette by Margery Lawrence (variant of February: The Poet's Story: Robin's Rath)
387 • The Dream • [The Purcell Papers • 3] • (1894) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (variant of The Drunkard's Dream 1838) [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
399 • The Sundial • (1943) • short story by R. H. Malden
409 • The Fifteenth Man • (1900) • short story by Richard Marsh (variant of The Fifteenth Man: The Story of a Rugby Match)
420 • Brenner's Boy • (1932) • short story by John Metcalfe
436 • Uncle Abraham's Romance • (1893) • short story by E. Nesbit [as by Edith Nesbit]
440 • What Was It? • (1859) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien
452 • The Next Room • (1928) • short story by Vincent O'Sullivan
461 • The Footstep of the Aventine • (1923) • short story by Roger Pater
472 • William Wilson • (1850) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of William Wilson: A Tale 1839)
491 • Courage • (1918) • short story by Forrest Reid
498 • The Last of Squire Ennismore • (1888) • short story by Mrs. J. H. Riddell
505 • The Garside Fell Disaster • (1948) • short story by L. T. C. Rolt
513 • The Tears of St. Agathé • [Father O'Connor] • (1983) • short story by David G. Rowlands (variant of The Tears of Saint Agathé)
524 • The Soul of Laploshka • (1910) • short story by Saki
Over forty spine-tingling ghost stories, featuring contributions from: Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Algernon Blackwood, Ramsey Campbell, Daniel Defoe, Henry James, D.H. Lawrence and many more.
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