The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2

676 Pages·1991·32.922 MB·English

by  Richard Dalby, Kingsley Amis, H.B. Drake, Vivian Edwards, Robert Arthur, John Glasby, William Fryer Harvey, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, M.R. James, Roger Johnson, A.F. Kidd, Robert W. Chambers, Rudyard Kipling, Margery Lawrence, Alan W. Lear, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, L.A. Lewis, R.H. Malden, Guy de Maupassant, J.C. Moore, E. Nesbit, Amyas Nortcote, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fitz-James O'Brien, Nugent Barker, C.D. Pamely, James Platt, Edgar Allan Poe, H. Hesketh-Prichard, Lennox Robinson, David G. Rowlands, Mark Rutheford, Clare Colvin, Pamela Sewell, A.E.D. Smith, Basil Copper, Ralph Adams Cram, Edmund Crispin, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lewis Spence, E.F. Benson, Derek Stanford, Ambrose Bierce, H.T.W. Bousfield, A.M. Burrage, Bernard Capes, Sabine Bering-Gould, Erckmann-Chatrian, Vincent O'Sullivan

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Richard Dalby is a professional author, editor, bibliographer
and rare book dealer, specialising in fantasy and supernatural
fiction. His anthologies include The Sorceress in Stained Glass,
Dracula’s Brood, Ghosts and Scholars (with Rosemary Pardoe),
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories, Ghosts for Christmas, Chillers
for Christmas, and The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories.
Also available
The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction—
Short Novels of the 1930s
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction—
Short Novels of the 1940s
The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction—
Short Novels of the 1950s
The Mammoth Book of Short Science Fiction Novels
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories
The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels
The Mammoth Book of Modern Crime Stories
The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories
The Mammoth Book of Spy Thrillers
The Mammoth Book of World War II Stories
The Mammoth Book of Murder
The Mammoth Book of True Crime
The Mammoth Book of True Crime 2
The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories
The Mammoth Book of Terror
The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction
The Mammoth Book of The Supernatural
The Mammoth Book of The Western
The Mammoth Book of
GHOST STORIES
2
Edited by Richard Dalby
Robinson Publishing
London
Robinson Publishing
11 Shepherd House
Shepherd Street
London W1Y 7LD
This collection first published by Robinson Publishing 1991
Collection copyright © by Robinson Publishing 1991
Cover picture copyright © by Peter Kettle 1991 courtesy of Folio
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade
or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the
publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which
it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being
imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
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CONTENTS
Christopher LEE Preface
Kingsley AMIS Who or What Was It?
Robert ARTHUR The Believers
Sabine BARING-GOULD A Happy Release
Nugent BARKER One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
E.F. BENSON The Man Who Went Too Far
Ambrose BIERCE The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch
H.T.W. BOUSFIELD The God with Four Arms
A.M. BURRAGE The Shadowy Escort
Bernard CAPES The Widow’s Clock
Robert W. CHAMBERS A Pleasant Evening
R. CHETWYND-HAYES The Elemental
Clare COLVIN Something to Reflect Upon
Basil COPPER The Second Passenger
Ralph A. CRAM WNo.252 Rue M.Le Prince
Edmund CRISPIN St. Bartholomew’s Day
Charles DICKENS The Ghost in Master B.’s Room
Arthur Conan DOYLE The Brown Hand
H.B. DRAKE Yak Mool San
Vivian EDWARDS The Spirit of Christmas
ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN Uncle Christian’s
Inheritance
John S. GLASBY The Black Widow
William Fryer HARVEY Across the Moors
Nathaniel HAWTHORNE The Gray Champion
Washington IRVING Governor Manco and the
Soldier
M.R. JAMES Rats
Roger JOHNSON Maddelein
A.F. KIDD And Turns No More His Head
Rudyard KIPLING By Word of Mouth
Margery LAWRENCE The Curse of the Stillborn
Alan W. LEAR Dance! Dance! The Shaking of the
Sheets
J. Sheridan LE FANU The Fortunes of Sir Robert
Ardagh
L.A. LEWIS Haunted Air
R.H. MALDEN The Coxswain of the Lifeboat
Guy de MAUPASSANT On the River
J.C. MOORE Things
Edith NESBIT The Ebony Frame
Amyas NORTHCOTE The Downs
Fitz-James O’BRIEN The Pot of Tulips
Vincent O’SULLIVAN The Burned House
C.D. PAMELY The Unfinished Masterpiece
James PLATT The Witches’ Sabbath
Edgar Allan POE Metzengerstein
K. and H. PRICHARD The Story of Saddler’s Croft
Lennox ROBINSON The Face
David G. ROWLANDS A Fisher of Men
Mark RUTHERFORD A Mysterious Portrait
Pamela SEWELL Ward 8
A.E.D. SMITH The Coat
Lewis SPENCE A Voice in Feathers
Derek STANFORD A Dream of Porcelain
Herbert STEPHEN No.11 Welham Square
Frank R. STOCKTON The Bishop’s Ghost and
the Printer’s Baby ;
Bram STOKER The Secret of the Growing Gold
Mark VALENTINE The Ash Track
E.H. VISIAK In a Nursing Home
Edgar WALLACE The Stranger of the Night
Edith WHARTON The Triumph of Night
Mary E. WILKINS The Hall Bedroom
William J. WINTLE The Ghost at the “Blue
Dragon”
Acknowledgements
For permission to print copyright material in this anthology,
grateful acknowledgements are made to the following:
“Who or What Was It?” © 1972 by Kingsley Amis. First
published in Playboy, 1972. Reprinted by permission of
Jonathan Clewes Ltd., London, on behalf of Kingsley Amis.
“The Shadowy Escort” © 1928 by A.M. Burrage, reprinted by
permission of J.S.F. Burrage.
“The Elemental” © 1974 by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
“Something to Reflect Upon” © 1990 by Clare Colvin.
“The Second Passenger” © 1973 by Basil Copper.
“St. Bartholomew’s Day” © 1975 by Edmund Crispin,
reprinted by permission of Messrs. A.P. Watt Ltd.
“The Spirit of Christmas” © 1990 by Vivian Edwards.
“The Black Widow” © 1991 by John S. Glasby.
“Madelein” © 1991 by Roger Johnson.
“And Turns No More His Head” © 1985 by A.F. Kidd.
“Dance! Dance! The Shaking of the Sheets” © 1991 by Alan
W. Lear.
“Haunted Air” © 1934 by L.A. Lewis, reprinted by
permission of Richard Dalby.
“Things” © 1928 by John Moore, reprinted by permission of
the Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group Ltd.
“The Face” © 1913 by Lennox Robinson, reprinted by
permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.
“A Fisher of Men” © 1984 by David G. Rowlands.
“Ward 8” © 1991 by Pamela Sewell.
“A Dream of Porcelain” © 1991 by Derek Stanford.
“The Ash Track” © 1991 by Mark Valentine.
“In a Nursing Home” © 1972 by E.H. Visiak, printed by
permission of Bolt & Watson Ltd.
Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders, but
the publishers would be interested to hear from anyone not
here acknowledged.