Synopses & Reviews
"These classic chillers will certainly make you look under the bed at night."Daily Mail
From rural England to colonial India, in murky haunted mansions and under modern electric lighting, these master storytellerssome of the best writers in the English languageunfold spine-tinglers that pull back the veil of everyday life to reveal the nightmares that lurk just out of sight.
Contains ghost stories by Ruth Rendell, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, E. F. Benson, E. Nesbit, Saki, W. W. Jacobs, W. F. Harvey, Hugh Walpole, Chico Kidd, and LP Hartley.
Synopsis
Thirteen master storytellers pull back the veil of everyday life to reveal the nightmares that lurk just out of sight.
Synopsis
From rural England to colonial India, in haunted mansions and under modern lighting, these master storytellers - some of the best writers in the English language - unfold spinetinglers. And as you'd expect from these writers, the stories are more than simply frightening - they're also disquieting exposures of mortality, loneliness and the human capacity for both evil and remorse
About the Author
Cecily Gayford studied English at Oxford and now works in publishing. Her interest in Gothic and supernatural literature extends from Horace Walpole to Hilary Mantel. She once saw a ghost in a hotel in Ecuador. She lives in London