The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories
Author | : Peter Haining |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 874 |
Release | : 2010-03-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781849015752 |
ISBN-13 | : 1849015759 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Over 25 short story masterpieces from writers such as Louis de Bernières and Ian Rankin - modern literary tales to chill the blood. This spine-chilling new anthology of 20th and 21st century tales by big name writers is in the best traditions of literary ghost stories. It is just a little over a hundred years ago that the most famous literary ghost story, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, was published and in the intervening years a great many other distinguished writers have tried their hand at this popular genre - some basing their fictional tales on real supernatural experiences of their own.