Tales from the classic era of ghost stories, one of themost popular and enduring fiction categories.

A selection of mysterious and intriguing tales from the shadows, featuring M.R.James, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Edith Wharton and Algernon Blackwood, with F.Marion Crawford’s The Doll’s Ghost and Guy de Maupassant’s The Apparition.

Ghost Story Anthologies. Ghost stories appear in most traditions aroundthe world, with tales of the supernatural and the presence of ancestors feltaround the campfires of storytellers. With new introductions, these speciallycurated collections bring together the twisting narratives of Charles Maturin,H.P. Lovecraft, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood and many more classic andancient sources.

About the Author

Lisa Tuttle (Introduction) is an award-winningAmerican-born writer living in Scotland who has been writing (and reading)ghost stories for more than fifty years.

Three of her short story collections, including thelatest, Riding the Nightmare, are in print.

Her first novel, Windhaven, was written incollaboration with George R.R. Martin.

Her most recent novel, The Curious Affair of theMissing Mummies, is the third in a series of supernaturally tingedmysteries set in 1890s London.