Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899: A Phantasmal Ghost Anthology
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The bleak midwinter is a time for ghosts like those found in the anthology: Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899: A Phantasmal Ghost Anthology. It contains the best ghost stories from the last half of the 19th century; shocking tales from popular American and Victorian authors.
These are the finest ghost stories for the last half of the nineteenth century and they are combined in one haunting collection. The stories are annotated with background information, author photos and a list of ghost stories considered.
Victorians: Victors of the Ghost Story (2016) by Andrew Barger - I set the stage for this haunting ghost anthology.
The Upper Berth (1886) by Francis Marion Crawford - You will never think of cruising on a ship the same way after reading "The Upper Berth." In Kropfsberg Keep (1895) by Ralph Adams Cram - A gothic setting yields a nightmare for a couple of "ghost hunters."
Lost Hearts (1895) by M. R. James - This early M. R. James classic ghost story is one of his best.
The Familiar (1872) by Joseph Le Fanu - Ever feel like you are being watched?
The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly (1886) by Rosa Mulholland - You will never view an organ the same way again.
No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal Man (1865) by Charles Dickens - Are the nervous habits of a train tracks operator all in his mind?
Hurst of Hurstcote (1893) by Edith Nesbit - A moldering house and--of course--ghosts.
The Judge's House (1891) by Bram Stoker - The author of Dracula never disappoints
The Yellow Sign (1895) by Robert Chambers - A painter sees someone watching him from a busy New York street.
The Haunted and the Haunters (1859) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton - The oldest and most haunting ghost short story in the anthology and one that H. P. Lovecraft deemed the best haunted house story ever.
"I am deeply and horribly convinced, that there does exist beyond this a spiritual world--a system whose workings are generally in mercy hidden from us--a system which may be, and which is sometimes, partially and terribly revealed." The Familiar (1872) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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