The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories
| Book | The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories |
| Editor | Peter Haining |
| Imprint | Robinson |
| Publisher | Constable & Robinson Ltd |
| Copyright Holder (Compilation) | Peter Haining |
| Copyright Holder (Editorial Material) | Peter Haining |
| Contributing Writer | M. R. James, A. C. Benson, E. G. Swain, Arthur Gray, A. N. L. Munby, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, John Buchan, W. Somerset Maugham, D. H. Lawrence, Vladimir Nabokov, Arthur Machen, George Minto, Algernon Blackwood, Lord Dunsany, Dennis Wheatley, Elizabeth Bowen, Derek Barnes, Alec Guinness, Edith Wharton, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Eudora Welty, Daphne du Maurier, Jane Gardam, H. G. Wells, Alexander Woollcott, James Thurber, Eric Keown, Kingsley Amis, Ray Bradbury, H. Rider Haggard, E. Nesbit, E. F. Benson, Marjorie Bowen, Howard Spring, Hammond Innes, Peter Ackroyd, Fritz Leiber, A. E. van Vogt, William F. Nolan, J. B. Priestley, Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Pullman, Louis de Bernières |
| Publisher Series | The Mammoth Books |
| Format | e-Book |
| Language | English |
| Location | London |
| Copyright | 2007 |
| ISBN 13 | 978-1-84529-476-2 |
| Chapters | Acknowledgments Foreword 1. RAISING SPECTRES: The Modern Tradition “Oh Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” M. R. James The House at Treheale A. C. Benson The Richpins E. G. Swain The Everlasting Club Arthur Gray Number Seventy-Nine A. N. L. Munby 2. GHOST WRITERS: The “Golden Era” Playing with Fire Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The House Surgeon Rudyard Kipling The Grove of Ashtaroth John Buchan A Man from Glasgow Somerset Maugham The Last Laugh D. H. Lawrence The Visit to the Museum Vladimir Nabokov 3. PHANTOM RANKS: Supernatural at War The Bowmen Arthur Machen The Ghost of U65 George Minto “Vengeance Is Mine” Algernon Blackwood The Punishment Lord Dunsany The Haunted Chateau Dennis Wheatley Pink May Elizabeth Bowen A Gremlin in the Beer Derek Barnes Money for Jam Sir Alec Guinness 4. THE GHOST-FEELERS: Modern Gothic Tales The Lady’s Maid’s Bell Edith Wharton The Duenna Marie Belloc Lowndes Clytie Eudora Welty The Pool Daphne du Maurier A Spot of Gothic Jane Gardam 5. ENTERTAINING SPOOKS: Supernatural High Jinks The Inexperienced Ghost H G. Wells Full Fathom Five Alexander Woollcott The Night the Ghost Got In James Thurber Sir Tristram Goes West Eric Keown Who or What Was It? Kingsley Amis Another Fine Mess Ray Bradbury 6. CHRISTMAS SPIRITS: Festive Season Chillers Only a Dream . . . Rider Haggard The Haunted House Edith Nesbit The Light in the Garden E. F. Benson The Prescription Marjorie Bowen Christmas Honeymoon Howard Spring South Sea Bubble Hammond Innes Ringing in the Good News Peter Ackroyd 7. HAUNTING TIMES: Tales of Unease Smoke Ghost Fritz Leiber The Ghost A. E. van Vogt The Party William F. Nolan Underground J. B. Priestley Haunted Joyce Carol Oates Video Nasty Philip Pullman My Beautiful House Louis de Bernières APPENDIX: A Century of Ghost Novels 1900–2000 |
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