It's not often that I post a review of one of my books in its entirety. In fact, I never do. Nicola Manning, however, has recently published one of the most well thought out reviews of the best ghost stories anthology that I edited. I agree with her on most points (Washington Irving excepted). You can follow all her reviews on GoodReads . They are worth your time. "Reason for Reading: I have a particular interest in the Gothic story and my favoured literature time period is

The Best Ghost Short Stories 1800-1849 anthology delivers the greatest ghost stories for the first half of the nineteenth century. Andrew Barger, the editor and award-winning author of COFFEE WITH POE: A NOVEL OF EDGAR ALLAN POE'S LIFE and BEST GHOST SHORT STORIES 1850-1899: A PHANTASMAL GHOST ANTHOLOGY, compiled the very scariest ghost stories of them all. As he has done with a number of other books, Andrew added his scholarly touch by including story backgrounds, annotatio

The early nineteenth century was a time ripe with literary exploration, especially in ghost stories and supernatural tales. One of the most chilling narratives to emerge during this period is Peter Rugg: The Missing Man written by William Austin. This haunting tale captivated readers of its time and continues to leave an imprint on American literature. Austin, a Harvard-educated attorney from Massachusetts, crafted a story filled with themes of eternal wandering and unfulfil

One of the Top 40 ghost stories for the first half of the nineteenth century is Horace Smith's Sir Guy Eveling's Dream . This eerie tale first appeared in The New Monthly Magazine of 1823. It was later included in Smith's compilation of short stories and essays titled Gaieties and Gravities in 1826. Nine years later, Washington Irving would release his well-known story, Adventure of the German Student , which shares a similar structure with Sir Guy Eveling's Dream . Without