Horror Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 33. v1. 01 NOV 2022

[GrannyGrump]

A century of ghost stories: a collection of thirteen tales, classic and otherwise, by various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

Spoiler:

The Sleepless Woman – 1831

by William Jerdan
(1782–1869)

The Living Apparition – 1846

by G. P. R. James
(1799–1860)

The Open Door – 1882

by Margaret Oliphant
(1828–1897)

Colonel Halifax’s Ghost Story – 1887

by Sabine Baring-Gould
(1834–1924)

The Withered Arm – 1888

by Thomas Hardy
(1840–1928)

The Ebony Frame – 1891

by Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)

The Actual Apparition – 1895

by Wirt Girarre
(1862–1935)

August Heat – 1910

by William F. Harvey
(1885–1937)

The Pipers of Mallory – 1917

by Theo. Douglas
pseudonym of
[Mrs.] Henrietta D. Everett
(1851–1923)

The Beast with Five Fingers – 1919

by William F. Harvey
(1885–1937)

The Ghost at the Blue Dragon – 1921

by William James Wintle
(1861–1934)

Whispering Leaves – 1923

by Ellen Glasgow
(1873–1945)

The Staircase – 1933

by Sir Hugh Walpole
(1884–1941)

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[Jellby]

Isn't it "Gerrare" instead of "Girarre" (change of e/i and r/rr)?

[GrannyGrump]

OMG. You are correct. And I took it from a collection of his that I had uploaded in 2021.
I can only blame faulty eyeballs and fat fingers. (and malevolent copy & paste)

I will get this fixed soon.
Thank you for your eagle eyes.