Spinetinglers: Ghoulish Ghost Stories

by Robert Westall (Editor)

Other authorsFranz Kafka (Contributor), Charles Dickens (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor), Gahan Wilson (Contributor), Arthur Quiller-Couch (Contributor), Mary Williams (Contributor), Kenneth Grahame (Contributor), Robert Westall (Contributor), Saki (Contributor), M. R. James (Contributor), John Gordon (Contributor) — 10 more, Alison Prince (Contributor), Guy de Maupassant (Contributor), Perceval Landon (Contributor), W. W. Jacobs (Contributor), Joyce Marsh (Contributor), John Hynam (Contributor), Vida Derry (Contributor), Manning-Sanders (Contributor), Philipps Pearce (Contributor), /jean Richardson (Contributor)

Paperback, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

808.838733

Genres

Fiction

Collection

Middle Grade & Teens

Publication

Kingfisher Books Ltd (2007), Paperback, 264 pages

Description

Guaranteed to thrill and chill, this spine-tingling collection of twenty-twospooky stories includes contributions by Franz Kafka, Charles Dickens, Guy de Maupassant, and many other well-known writers. This anthology is not for the faint of heart!

Language

English

Physical description

264 p.

ISBN

0753415283 / 9780753415283

Local notes

A collection of 22 classic and spooky tales.

• The Knock at the Manor Gate - Franz Kafka
• Yesterday's Witch - Gahan Wilson
• A Legion Marching By - John Hynam
• The Lawyer and the Ghost - Charles Dickens
• The Ghost who was Afraid of Being Bagged - Anon (India)
• School for Ghosts - Vida Derry
• The Little Yellow Dog - Mary Williams
• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (from The Wind in the Willows) - Kenneth Grahame
• The Lilies Alison Prince
• The Emissary - Ray Bradbury
• John Pettigrew's Mirror - Ruth Manning-Sanders
• Sredni Vashtar - Saki (HH Munro)
• Miss Mountain - Philippa Pearce
• Was It a Dream? - Guy de Maupassant
• A Pair of Hands - Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
• The Boys' Toilets - Robert Westall
• Left in the Dark - John Gordon
• The Monkey's Paw - WW Jacobs
• Lost Hearts - MR James
• Thurnley Abbey - Perceval Landon
• Not at Home - Jean Richardson
• The Shepherd's Dog - Joyce Marsh

Ex-library.