100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories

by Dziemianowicz, Stefan R.; Weinberg, Robert H.; Greenberg, Martin H.

• ISBN13: 9781402709739
• ISBN10: 1402709730
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Be afraid, be very afraid:reallyscary things can come in small packages, and these 100 frightening little tales offer big chills and thrills. They represent more than 150 year's worth of writing, and include the greats: H.P. Lovecraft ("The Terrible Old Man"), Ambrose Bierce ("The Stranger"), Lafcadio Hearn ("A Dead Secret"), Oscar Wilde ("The Sphinx Without a Secret"), and J. Sheridan Le Fanu ("The Ghost and the Bone-Setter"). Best of all, a variety of human emotions and behavior come to the fore, from avarice (August Derleth's "Pacific 421") to revenge (Thorp McCluskey's "Black Gold"), from jealousy (Steve Rasnic Tem's "Daddy") to honor (Edith Nesbit's "John Charrington's Wedding") to love (Darrell Schwietzer's "Clocks"). Using a minimum of elements, each ghost story in this collection will entertain, captivate, and evoke a powerful response in readers. So be warned: you might not want to read these while you're all alone in the house...

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiii
Across the Moors	p. 1
Attorney for the Damned	p. 5
Away	p. 13
Behind the Screen	p. 16
Black Gold	p. 24
Bone to His Bone	p. 29
The Burned House	p. 36
Clocks	p. 43
The Closed Door	p. 46
The Coat	p. 53
The Cold Embrace	p. 59
Coming Home	p. 67
Concert to Death	p. 75
The Considerate Hosts	p. 82
Daddy	p. 92
Dark Mummery	p. 95
Date in the City Room	p. 103
A Dead Secret	p. 107
The Door	p. 109
Drowned Argosies	p. 113
Dust	p. 117
Edge of the Cliff	p. 121
Faces	p. 124
Fancy That	p. 131
Father Macclesfield's Tale	p. 135
The Furnished Room	p. 141
The Garret of Madame Lemoyne	p. 147
The Ghost and the Bone-Setter	p. 153
A Ghost-Child	p. 161
The Ghost Farm	p. 167
Ghost Story	p. 170
The Ghosts at Haddon-le-Green	p. 174
Ghosts of the Air	p. 176
Gibbler's Ghost	p. 182
A Grammatical Ghost	p. 186
The Grey Room	p. 191
Guarded	p. 198
Harmless Ghosts	p. 203
The Haunted Burglar	p. 209
He Walked by Day	p. 213
Her New Parents	p. 219
Highwaymen	p. 225
The Honor of Don Pedro	p. 229
The House of Shadows	p. 236
How He Left the Hotel	p. 243
Jerry Bundler	p. 247
John Charrington's Wedding	p. 254
Kharu Knows All	p. 260
The Last of Squire Ennismore	p. 266
The Light Was Green	p. 272
McGill's Appointment	p. 279
The Man on B-17	p. 281
Mandolin	p. 286
The Metronome	p. 289
Miss Prue	p. 295
Monsieur De Guise	p. 298
Mordecai's Pipe	p. 303
The Murderer's Violin	p. 305
The Night Caller	p. 311
The Night Wire	p. 315
O Come Little Children ...	p. 321
On the Brighton Road	p. 330
Our Late Visitor	p. 333
Out of Copyright	p. 337
Pacific 421	p. 344
The Pedicab	p. 352
The Phantom Express	p. 358
The Piper from Bhutan	p. 360
Rats	p. 366
The Readjustment	p. 371
Rebels' Rest	p. 377
Relationships	p. 384
Rendezvous	p. 390
The Return	p. 397
The Return	p. 402
Rose Rose	p. 406
Safety Zone	p. 412
Shadows Cast Behind	p. 418
Shadows in the Grass	p. 426
The Sixth Tree	p. 430
The Soul of Laploshka	p. 434
The Sphinx Without a Secret	p. 438
The Splendid Lie	p. 442
A Sprig of Rosemary	p. 445
The Stone Coffin	p. 452
A Strange Goldfield	p. 458
The Stranger	p. 464
Summerland	p. 468
The Terrible Old Man	p. 472
The Terror by Night	p. 475
The Theater Upstairs	p. 481
Thirteen Phantasms	p. 487
Three Gentlemen in Black	p. 490
The Tree-Man Ghost	p. 498
The True History of Anthony Ffryar	p. 502
Two	p. 508
Under the Eaves	p. 516
A Visitor from Far Away	p. 519
Waiter Number 34	p. 525
The Woman in Gray	p. 534
The Word of Bentley	p. 539
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