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13 classic tales of terror and the supernatural, edited by Peter Underwood: A. J. Alan, The Dream; E. F. Benson, Caterpillars; Ambrose Bierce, The Damned Thing; Algernon Blackwood, Secret Worship; Charles Dickens, The Signalman; Vincent O'Sullivan, When I was Dead; W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Pawl M. R. James, Martin's Close; Rudyard Kipling, They; Lord Lytton, The Haunted and the Haunters; Arthur Machen, Change; Edith Nesbit, John Charrington's Wedding and Edith Wharton, Afterward.
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'As the shadows lengthen and the sounds of daylight fade; as the forces of darkness take control ... draw your chair closer to the fire and read about adventures that echo strangely in the mind afterwards ... In the course of this selection I think I can promise readers a few uncomfortable moments ... and I wouldn't answer that tap at the door if I were you ... ' - From Peter Underwood's introduction.
The stories are: A. J. Alan, The Dream; E. F. Benson, Caterpillars; Ambrose Bierce, The Damned Thing; Algernon Blackwood, Secret Worship; Charles Dickens, The Signalman; Vincent O'Sullivan, When I was Dead; W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Pawl M. R. James, Martin's Close; Rudyard Kipling, They; Lord Lytton, The Haunted and the Haunters; Arthur Machen, Change; Edith Nesbit, John Charrington's Wedding and Edith Wharton, Afterward.
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The stories are: A. J. Alan, The Dream; E. F. Benson, Caterpillars; Ambrose Bierce, The Damned Thing; Algernon Blackwood, Secret Worship; Charles Dickens, The Signalman; Vincent O'Sullivan, When I was Dead; W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Pawl M. R. James, Martin's Close; Rudyard Kipling, They; Lord Lytton, The Haunted and the Haunters; Arthur Machen, Change; Edith Nesbit, John Charrington's Wedding and Edith Wharton, Afterward.
Peter Underwood, world-renowned Ghost Hunter, 'Sherlock Holmes of psychical research', was author of over 50 books on all things paranormal...
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- PublisherDutton
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0460007491
- ISBN 13 9780460007498
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages203
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