Horror Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 60. v1. 28 Jul 2026

[GrannyGrump]

Thirteen unexplained encounters and uncanny episodes…

By various authors.
My own compilation.

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A list of the titles:

Spoiler:

The Poor Clare
– 1856

Elizabeth Gaskell
(1810–1865)

The Lifted Veil
– 1859

George Eliot
(Mary Ann Evans)
(1819–1880)

The Permanent Stiletto
– 1889

W. C. Morrow
(1853–1923)

In the Dark
– 1908

Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)

The Strange Case of Jacob Arum
– 1923

John Harris Burland
(1870–1926)

The Landlady
– 1923

Elinor Mordaunt
(1872–1942)

A Neighbour’s Landmark
– 1924

M. R. James
(1862–1936)

The Witch-Ball
– 1928

E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)

The Dead Man’s Story
– 1933

Julius W. Long
(1907–1955)

With and Without Buttons
– 1938

Mary Butts
(1890–1937)

The Intoxicated Ghost
– 1893

Arlo Bates
(1850–1918)

The Great Staircase at Landover Hall
– 1898

Frank R. Stockton
(1834–1902)

Number 17
– 1910

Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)

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