Horror Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 29 [humor]. v1. 23 Jul 2022

[GrannyGrump]

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. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=314976

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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