The big book of ghost stories
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Published:
New York : Vintage Books, 2012.
Physical Desc:
xii, 833 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Status:
Bemis Lower Level
808.83 BIG-BOOK
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A collection of ghost stories by American and English authors. These spectral stories span more than a hundred years, from modern-day creations by Joyce Carol Oates and Chet Williamson, to pulp yarns from August Derleth and M.L. Humphreys, to the atmospheric Victorian tales of Kipling and Lovecraft, not to mention modern works by Donald E. Westlake and Isaac Asimov. Whether you prefer possessive poltergeists, awful apparitions, or friendly phantoms, these stories are guaranteed to thrill you, tingle the spine, or tickle the funny bone, and keep you turning the pages with fearful delight.
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808.83 BIG-BOOK
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English
ISBN:
9780307474490, 0307474496
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"A Black Lizard publication"--Cover.
Description
A collection of ghost stories by American and English authors. These spectral stories span more than a hundred years, from modern-day creations by Joyce Carol Oates and Chet Williamson, to pulp yarns from August Derleth and M.L. Humphreys, to the atmospheric Victorian tales of Kipling and Lovecraft, not to mention modern works by Donald E. Westlake and Isaac Asimov. Whether you prefer possessive poltergeists, awful apparitions, or friendly phantoms, these stories are guaranteed to thrill you, tingle the spine, or tickle the funny bone, and keep you turning the pages with fearful delight.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Penzler, O. (2012). The big book of ghost stories. New York, Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Penzler, Otto. 2012. The Big Book of Ghost Stories. New York, Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Penzler, Otto, The Big Book of Ghost Stories. New York, Vintage Books, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Penzler, Otto. The Big Book of Ghost Stories. New York, Vintage Books, 2012.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 505 | 0 | |a But I'm not dead yet. Mr. Arcularis / Conrad Aiken ; August heat / William Fryer Harvey -- I'll love you-- forever (or maybe not). The shadowy third / Ellen Glasgow ; The past / Ellen Glasgow ; But at my back I always hear / David Morrell ; The furnished room / O. Henry ; Death's warm fireside / Paul Ernst ; The advent reunion / Andrew Klavan ; The return / R. Murray Gilchrist ; The phantom rickshaw / Rudyard Kipling ; The moonlit road / Ambrose Bierce ; The story of Ming-Y / Lafcadio Hearn ; Yuki-Onna / Lafcadio Hearn -- This old house. Brickett Bottom / Amyas Northcote ; How fear departed from the long gallery / E.F. Benson ; Thing of darkness / G.G. Pendarves ; The house of the nightmare / Edward Lucas White ; The house in Half Moon Street / Hector Bolitho ; A night of horror / Dick Donovan ; The burned house / Vincent O'Sullivan -- Kids will be kids. Harry / Rosemary Timperley ; Make-believe / Michael Reaves ; Playmate / A.M. Burrage ; Just behind you / Ramsey Campbell ; Adam and Eve and pinch me / A.E. Coppard ; The lost boy of the Ozarks / Steve Friedman -- There's something funny around here. A ghost's story / Mark Twain ; In at the death / Donald E. Westlake ; The ghost of Dr. Harris / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; The everlasting club / "Inculphus" ; Legal rites / Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh ; Death must die / Albert E. Cowdrey ; The transferred ghost / Frank Stockton ; The Canterville ghost / Oscar Wilde -- A negative train of thought. Pacific 421 / August Derleth ; The midnight el / Robert Weinberg -- Stop-- you're scaring me. Punch and Judy / Frederick Cowles ; The fireplace / Henry S. Whitehead ; The night wire / H.F. Arnold ; Smoke ghost / Fritz Leiber ; Song of the dead / Wyatt Blassingame -- I must be dreaming. The dream woman / Wilkie Collins ; The adventure of the German student / Washington Irving -- A séance, you say? They found my grave / Joseph Shearing ; Mrs. Morrel's last séance / Edgar Jepson ; Night-side / Joyce Carol Oates -- Classics. "Oh, whistle and I'll come to you my lad" / M.R. James ; The monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs ; The toll-house / W.W. Jacobs ; Afterward / Edith Wharton ; Consequences / Willa Cather ; The follower / Cynthia Asquith ; The corner shop / Cynthia Asquith ; The terrible old man / H.P. Lovecraft ; The murderer's violin / Erckmann-Chatrian ; The open window / Saki ; Laura / Saki ; What was it? / Fitz-James O'Brien ; Full fathom five / Alexander Woollcott ; He cometh and he passeth by / H.R. Wakefield ; Thurnley Abbey / Perceval Landon -- The female of the species. The woman's ghost story / Algernon Blackwood ; The angel of the Marne / Victor Rousseau ; The shell of sense / Olivia Howard Dunbar ; The avenging of Ann Leete / Marjorie Bowen -- Beaten to a pulp. The dead-wagon / Greye LaSpina ; A soul with two bodies / Urann Thayer ; The ghosts of Steamboat Coulee / Arthur J. Burks ; The considerate hosts / Thorp McClusky ; The fifth candle / Cyril Mand ; The return of Andrew Bentley / August Derleth and Mark Schorer ; The floor above / M.L. Humphreys ; School for the unspeakable / Manly Wade Wellman ; Mordecai's pipe / A.V. Milyer ; He walked by day / Julius Long ; Behind the screen / Dale Clark -- Modern masters. Journey into the kingdom / M. Rickert ; Mr. Saul / H.R.F. Keating ; Coventry carol / Chet Williamson. | |
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