Horror Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 44. v1. 04 Jan. 2026

[GrannyGrump]

Thirteen tales — brimful of spooky.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

Spoiler:

The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet – 1835

by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1804 – 1864)

The Grey Woman – 1865

by Elizabeth Gaskell
(1810 – 1865)

The Lady’s Walk – 1882

by Margaret Oliphant
(1828 – 1897)

A Curious Experience – 1883

by Ellen Wood
(1814 – 1887)

No. 11 Welham Square – 1885

by Sir Herbert Stephen
(1857 – 1932)

The Haunted Yacht – 1902

by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
(1863 – 1944)

Father Macclesfield’s Tale – 1907

by R. H. Benson
(1871 – 1914)

Fear – 1919

by Achmed Abdullah
(1881 – 1945)

The Sacred Jars – 1927

by Oscar Cook
(1888 – 1952)

The Last Laugh – 1928

by C. Franklin Miller
(fl. 1920s)

Painted Upside Down – 1928

by Robert W. Sneddon
(1880 – 1944)

The Face in the Fresco – 1928

by Arnold Smith
(fl. 1910s – 1920s)

The Flint Knife – 1930

by E. F. Benson
(1867 – 1940)

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