"James Edward Preston Muddock was born in 1843. He was a prolific journalist and of mystery and horror short stories.He used two pseudonyms ‘Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock’ and ‘Dick Donovan’.Between 1889 and 1922 he published nearly 300 detective and mystery stories.He died in 1934."
"A second collection of stories concerning shunned and disreputable houses.
Contents:
'Ghost Hunt' by H. R. Wakefield
Twice the ghost hunters had tried to find their quarry.
'House of Hate' by Allison V. Harding
An evil house begets evil dwellers.
'The House Beyond Midnight' by Allison V. Harding
A house that could never have been.
'The Corpse Light' by Dick Donovan
A sceptical physician and a windmill.
'The Blood Drips' by Dick Donovan
In an old, dilapidated house...
'Outside the Door' by E. F. Benson
Phantom footsteps heard at night.
'A Ghost' by Guy de Maupassant
A case of haunting in a remote chateau.
'The Red Room' by H. G. Wells
A haunted room in Lorraine Castle.
'An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House' by Sheridan Le Fanu
A classic tale of haunting.
'The Unnamable' by H. P. Lovecraft
An entity that haunts a dilapidated house.
'The Evil Clergyman' by H. P. Lovecraft
In the attic of an ancient house...
'The Coat' by A. E. D. Smith
A curious item of clothing encountered in an old chateau.
'The Empty House' by Algernon Blackwood
An abandoned house with a nefarious history.
'I've Got to Believe' It by Bruce Walker
A mortal's ghost arises from a thirty year's sleep.
'The White Villa' by Ralph Adams Cram
A night in a remote, haunted villa."
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