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The Haunting Season—Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

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Authors: Bridget Collins, Laura Purcell, Elizabeth Macneal, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Jess Kidd, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, and Andrew Michael HurleyPublished by Sphere, 2021, 293 pages There is something about December that seems to call for ghost stories. So I have picked a collection of eight ghostly tales written by contemporary writers. The stories are …

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The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: Edited by Richard Dalby

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Published by Virago, 2006, 496 pages. “...nobody knows better than a ghost how hard it is to put him or her into words shadowy, yet transparent enough...If a ghost story sends a cold shiver down one’s spine, it has done its job and done it well.”—Edith Wharton, quoted in Richard Dalby’s Preface If you’ve been …

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