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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories. Paperback – 25 Oct. 1984. This anthology has 33 stories representing the last 180 years. Some are classics by famous writers and others are little known. Besides the frightening and bloodcurdling, there are also the witty and subtle, plus those that leave a feeling of unease and fear.
1 de ene. de 2001 · Richard Matheson. The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories is the definitive collection of short tales of those deadly bloodsuckers. Editor Alan Ryan includes a wide range of talents here, from Bram Stoker to Robert Bloch to Tanith Lee. Also includes short appendices of vampire novels and movies. 637 pages, Paperback.
The end result is a particularly fine example of a horror anthology showing how very broad the horror genre spectrum can be. Furthermore, none of the stories include a particularly strong ‘ghost’ element, so as not to encroach upon Cuddon’s other anthology that what published alongside this one - ‘The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories ...
early age. he loved old books and studied history, the Bible, languages and the books of past centuries at Cambridge University. He studied, lived and worked at the University from 1882 to 1918. He began to write ghost and horror stories after reading the stories of Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu. From the early 1890s, he
Here, Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler has followed his keen sense of the supernatural to collect the most chilling and uncanny tales in the canon. These spectral stories span more than a hundred years, from modern-day horrors by Joyce Carol Oates, Chet Williamson and Andrew Klavan, to pulp yarns from August Derleth, Greye La Spina, and ...
1 de ene. de 2001 · THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES offers a good mix of traditional and more modern tales, mainly ranging from the middle of the 19th century through to the middle of the 20th century. It's neither as in-depth or as wide-reaching as its companion piece (...HORROR STORIES) but it offers a nice mix of classics and slightly more obscure tales for readers.
Summary. A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has to come back from the grave to do it. A man inherits a property where he discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever. Two newlyweds find their dream country cottage, unaware of an ancient curse from the previous owners. A gripping, unsettling and utterly ...
