Haunted House Stories

by Hester Fox (Introduction)

A delightful collection of chillers and thrillers set among the ghostly ramparts of the haunted house.

A finger-tip tingling selection of ghostly capers from E.F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood, Dick Donovan, H.D. Everett, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, William Hope Hodgson, W.W. Jacobs, M.R. James, Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells and Edith Wharton. Gothic mansions, haunted estates, houses over-run by this new collection of classic tales will keep you entertained in the long watches of the night.

FLAME TREE 451 : From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

256 pages, Paperback

Published November 28, 2023

About the author

Hester Fox is a full-time writer and mother, with a background in museum work and historical archaeology. She is the author of such novels as The Witch of Willow Hall, A Lullaby for Witches, and The Last Heir to Blackwood Library. She lives in a small mill town in Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Danya Button · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good stories but majority not that exciting

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think the chemistry wasn't right for me on this one, favorite story was "The Lost Ghost" which made me feel it was a true story someone would tell me and I felt emotion with it. Other's had tendencies to drag on the setup vs the horror. The stories were ~100 years old so spoken in old tongue which personally isn't my style, harder to connect to.

[Heathir · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection of stories, with an interesting mixture of some old (late 19th century) to newer (mid 20th century) tales! Though there were several I had read before, I was pleasantly surprised to read a few that were new to me.

Highly recommended read for any fan of classic horror literature

[Jeff McIntosh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of 11 haunted house stories - many of which have been oft-anthologized....only three of which were unknown to me.

Standard fare...good for someone new to the genre...



Jeff McIntosh

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection of late Victorian and early 20th Century ghost stories. All very gothic and atmospheric, only one I hated was the last one because it abruptly ended before resolution