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I wish I could have the whole of October off to embark on a gothic tour of England and read spectral stories over copious amounts of black coffee.

I’ve spent almost six months reading Ghost stories and ghost stories only. I think it’s done something to a MF.

Love the cover for this one.

Excellent collection. Nineteen to go.

Really apprehensive bout this from the first few chapters but that fourth one on Hinton Ampner had me so so so captivated.

The stories in this one are so entertaining!!! Setting myself the challenge to complete the whole series of 20 books.

Having a section dedicated to humorous ghost stories was a great choice from Haining. I know Briggs was critical of the degeneration of the form with the introduction of comedy but I think it’s severely underrated and gives the writer a great deal of latitude with the ghost. It also provides a reprieve from the more earnest tales of the Gothic flavour. Definitely more noticeable in the American tradition.

We got the OG Obi-Wan out here writing a Ghost story god damnnnnnn