The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde is more comic than scary, and The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson is excellent.
The stories come from famous and not-so-famous authors, and are set anywhere from ancient times and places to the 21st century. This volume is one I had picked up as being apropos for my bedtime reading, and despite the subject matter, I very much enjoyed most of the stories in this book. Everyone else, give it a pass, unless you like collecting pretty books for your personal library (because, hey, no denying the book design does look pretty cool in physical form). If you scare easily or hate gore, but have a fondness for the fantastical, disregard the title and give this one a go. The Man Who Went Too Far, and perhaps two or three others, were both new to me and were intriguing the other worthwhile stories are already classics and are widely available elsewhere ( The Monkey's Paw and The Canterville Ghost, for example). They simply do not scare, and if that's what you read ghost stories for (like me), then you will be disappointed (like me). Maybe not stellar, exactly, but not awful, either. Look, most of these stories are good, strictly speaking.
But most people don't read that until the book is in their possession (at least I didn't), unlike the title! Can you say "misleading?" The editor actually says in the preface that this collection is more of a study in the varied manner of ghosts, and the supernatural at large. With a title like Chilling Ghost Short Stories, you'd think the collected stories would be spooky, right? If you said, "Yes," you would be wrong. Louis" by Raymond Littleģ16 - "Death and Champagne" by Luke Murphyģ22 - "The Mystery of the Semi-Detached" by Edith Nesbitģ33 - "The Skeleton Crew" by Michael Penkasģ54 - "Songs for the Lost" by Brian Rappattaģ63 - "A Unique Slumber" by Rhiannon Rasmussenģ76 - "A Bulge in the Wall" by AnnetteSiketaģ89 - "Unclaimed" by -Lesa Pascavis Smithģ95 - "The Bottle Imp" by Robert Louis StevensonĤ52 - "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde Davisġ15 - "The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickensġ31 - "The New Catacomb" by Arthur Conan Doyleġ44 - "The Figure on the Sidewalk" by -Tim Foleyġ51 - "The Shadows On the Wall" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freemanġ69 - "The Wind in the Rose Bush" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freemanġ89 - "The Waiting Room" by Phillip Brian Hallġ96 - "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington IrvingĢ21 - "The Alter of the Dead" by Henry JamesĢ92 - "The Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanuģ91 - "The Spirit's Whisper" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanuģ10 - "An Englishman in St.
ChambersĠ72 - "Mrs Zant and the Ghost" by Wilkie CollinsĠ95 - "The Return of Gunnar Kettilson" by Vonnie Winslow Cristġ08 - "The House, The Garden, and its Occupants" by Amanda C. 012 - "Stay Away from the Accordion Girl" by Jonathan Balogĩ23 - "The Man Who Went Too Far" by E.
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