Humor to be found here, rather than horror. Thirteen haunts and horrids who find it impossible to take themselves seriously.
My own compilation.
More comic ghost stories by John Kendricks Bangs can be found in the MobileRead Library
here.
You also might enjoy the “Houseboat” series.
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More humorous ghost stories by Jerome K. Jerome (sorry, epub only)
here.
A list of the titles in this collection:
Spoiler:
A Tale of Terror – 1820
by Paul Louis Courier
(1772–1825)
Haunted by Spirits – 1867
by George Manville Fenn
(1831–1909)
The Ghosts at Grantley – 1878
by Leonard Kip
(1826–1906)
The Wraith of Barnjum – 1879
by F. Anstey
(1856–1934)
The Mummy’s Foot – 1882
by Théophile Gautier
(1811–1872)
The Canterville Ghost – 1887
by Oscar Wilde
(1854–1900)
My Own True Ghost Story – 1888
by Rudyard Kipling
(1865–1936)
The Ghost of the Blue Chamber – 1891
by Jerome K. Jerome
(1859–1927)
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall – 1891
by John Kendrick Bangs
(1862–1922)
The Haunted Mill – 1891
by Jerome K. Jerome
(1859–1927)
The Wicked Editor’s
Christmas Dream – 1893
by Alice Mary Vince
(?–?)
The Ghost Club – 1894
by John Kendrick Bangs
(1862–1922)
The Ghost’s “Double” – 1898
by L. F. Austin
(1852–1905)
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