The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories : : Great Supernatural Tales of the Twentieth Century

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Call Number: 808.83 Ma
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"Over 40 short masterpieces of spectral writing..."--Cover.
Raising spectres : the modern tradition. "Oh whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad" / M. R. James -- House at Treheale / A. C. Benson -- Richpins / E. G. Swain -- Everlasting Club / Arthur Gray -- Number Seventy-Nine / Dr A. N. L. Munby -- Ghost writers : the "golden era." Playing with fire / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- House surgeon / Rudyard Kipling -- Grove of Ashtraroth / John Buchan -- Man from Glasgow / Somerset Maugham -- Last laugh / Vladimir Nabokov -- Phantom ranks : supernatural at war. Bowmen / Arthur Machen -- Ghost of U65 / George Minto -- "Vengeance is mine" / Algernon Blackwood -- Punishment / Lord Dunsany -- Haunted chateau / Dennis Wheatley -- Pink May / Elizabeth Bowen -- Gremlin in the beer / Derek Barnes -- Money for jam / Sir Alec Guinness -- The ghost-feelers : modern Gothic tales. Lady's maid's bell / Edith Wharton -- Duenna / Marie Belloc Lowndes -- Clytie / Eudora Welty -- Pool / Daphne du Maurier -- Spot of Gothic / Jane Gardam -- Entertaining spooks : supernatural high jinks. Inexperienced ghost / H.G. Wells -- Full fathom five / Alexander Woollcott -- Night the ghost got in / James Thurber -- Sir Tristram goes west / Eric Keown -- Who or what was it? / Kingsley Amis -- Another fine mess / Ray Bradbury -- Christmas spirits : festive season chillers. Only a dream ... / Rider Haggard -- Haunted house / Edith Nesbit -- Light in the garden / E. F. Benson -- Prescription / Marjorie Bowen -- Christmas honeymoon / Howard Spring -- South Sea bubble / Hammond Innes -- Ringing in the good news / Peter Ackroyd -- Haunting times : tales of unease. Smoke ghost / Fritz Leiber -- Ghost / A. E. Van Vogt -- Party / William F. Nolan -- Underground / J. B. Priestly -- Haunted / Joyce Carol Oates -- Video nasty / Philip Pullman -- My beautiful house / Louis de Bernières.

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Mammoth Book Of Modern Ghost Stories submitted by Fevvers - STAR473 on August 18, 2016, 2:15am A fantastic, big collection of eerie short stories. Suspense, supernatural, and, yes, ghost stories. Includes stories by M. R. James, Ian Rankin, and tons more.

A great variety submitted by briebananafana on July 11, 2017, 12:10pm It's full of good authors and 'new' stories. A fun read for those who like supernatural topics.