Haunted House Stories

A delightful collection of chillers and thrillers set among the ghostly ramparts of the haunted house. A finger-tip tingling selection of ghostly capers from E.F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Rhoda Broughton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Bernard Capes, Ralph Adams Cram, B.M. Croker, Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, O. Henry, William Hope Hodgson, W.W. Jacobs, M.R. James, Rudyard Kipling, H.P. Lovecraft, Guy de Maupassant and Edith Nesbit. Gothic mansions, haunted hotels, houses over-run by phantoms this new collection of classic tales will keep you entertained in the long watches of the night. AUTHOR: Hester Fox (Introduction) is a full-time writer and mother, with a background in museum work and historical archaeology. She is the author of such novels as The Witch of Willow Hall, A Lullaby for Witches, and The Last Heir to Blackwood Library. When she is not writing, you can find Hester exploring old cemeteries, browsing used bookshops, or curled up with a book and a pastry. Hester lives in Massachusetts with her husband and their children. 10 illustrations