"A second, broad selection of ghost stories both classic and obscure.
Contents:
'The Third Shadow' by H. R. Wakefield
A mountaineer's fate is sealed by a vengeful supernatural force.
'The Dance of Death' by Algernon Blackwood
Ignoring warnings, a frail man dances—death is his final partner.
'The Demon Lover' by Elizabeth Bowen
A wartime letter rekindles a long-forgotten, ghostly appointment.
'The Suicide' by Malcolm Ford Henry
A dead man mourns his own passing, filled with vain regret.
'Lens-Shy' by W. M. Clayton
A photographer of corpses discovers death's unsettling final portrait.
'The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh' by H. Sivia
A maid's promised inheritance vanishes with the widow’s cold refusal.
'Mommy' by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
An orphan girl claims visits from her mother—long since dead.
'Yuki-onna' by Lafcadio Hearn
A snow spirit haunts a woodcutter after a chilling encounter.
'Graves and Goblins' by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A ghostly narrator seeks peace from limbo’s lonely eternity.
'The House Party at Smoky Island' by L. M. Montgomery
Strangers gather at a remote house to share chilling tales.
'Keeping His Promise' by Algernon Blackwood
A man receives a ghostly visit from a forgotten friend.
'The Frontier Guards' by H. R. Wakefield
Curiosity leads Brinton into a haunted house’s invisible defences.
'The Theater Upstairs' by Manly Wade Wellman
A cinema screens forgotten films starring actors long since dead.
'The Terror by Night' by E. F. Benson
Ghosts, illusions, or madness? Night brings terror either way.
'The Burned House' by Vincent O'Sullivan
A traveller sees a burning house that never truly existed."
"'The Burned House' is a ghost short story by Vincent O’Sullivan in which a benighted traveler stumbles upon a deserted house right in the middle of nowhere. Soon, strange things begin to happen and becomes involved in a series of supernatural events. A tale of vivid imagination, terrors, and mystery, 'The Burned House' includes elements from the science fiction genre as well as classic horror elements such as murder, suicide, and violence, making a chilling yet engaging read.
B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.
Vincent O’Sullivan (1868-1940) was an American writer of short stories, poetry, and criticism. His work was characterised by hopelessness and decadence, and was largely influenced by the hardships he experienced in his own life. His most popular short story collection is 'A Book of Bargains', and some of his the most famous stories are 'The Burned House', 'Will', and 'When I Was Dead'."
"Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), born in New York to an Irish American family, moved as a child to London. As a young man, he soon became well recognised as the master of decadent and macabre fiction.
"The Business of Madame Jahn" is a macabre ghost story of a suicide, a terrible murder and an awful revenge."
"Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), born in New York to an Irish American family, moved as a child to London. As a young man, he soon became well recognised as the master of decadent and macabre fiction.
This collection presents five of O'Sullivan's creepiest tales:
- Will
- The Business of Madame Jahn
- A Study in Murder
- My Enemy and Myself
- When I was Dead"
"Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), born in New York to an Irish-American family, moved as a child to London. As a young man, he soon became well recognised as the master of decadent and macabre fiction.
"My Enemy and Myself" is a superbly sinister and gory tale of insanity, a love triangle, revenge, murder and supernatural retribution."
"Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), born in New York to an Irish American family, moved as a child to London. As a young man, he soon became well recognised as the master of decadent and macabre fiction.
'Will' is the macabre tale of a man who is in the process of poisoning his wife using the most deadly, untraceable and secret poison ever discovered. His wife has realized what he is doing but is powerless to prevent her own death...but she vows to exact a ghastly and morbid revenge from beyond the grave."
"Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), born in New York to an Irish-American family, moved as a child to London. As a young man, he soon became well recognised as the master of decadent and macabre fiction.
"A Study in Murder" is the story of a man committing the perfect murder, told from the perspective of the warped murderer."
"Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940) was born in New York, son of an Irish-American family, and moved to London as a child. As a young man, he quickly established a reputation as a master of horror and decadent macabre stories. He was a close friend of Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley and other leaders of the aesthetic movement.
"When I Was Dead" is the macabre story of a man who gradually realises he has died unexpectedly...and resists vigorously this awful turn of events."
"A spine tingling selection of classic short stories to keep you awake at night including stories from the superlative M R James and the king of thrillers Hume Nisbet"
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