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A spine-chilling collection of classic American tales by Edgar Allan Poe ('The Masque of the Red Death'), Francis Bret Harte ('The Ghosts of Stukeley Castle'), Edith Wharton ('Afterward'), Mark Twain ('A Ghost Story'), Harriet Beecher Stowe ('The Ghost in the Mill'), O. Henry ('A Ghost of a Chance'), H.P. Lovecraft ('The Outsider') and many more.

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The stories of ghosts here can be found in the retold literature of ancient peoples, including Khonsemhab and the Ghost from Ancient Egypt, The Tale of Philinnion & Machates from Ancient Rome, Po & Hun Hauntings from Shang Dynasty in Ancient China, Pazuzu the Babylonian demon and stories of haunting in ancient Greece from Homer.

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Gothic mansions, haunted hotels, houses over-run by phantoms this new collection of classic tales will keep you entertained in the long watches of the night, with Hoffmann's The Deserted House, The House and the Brain by Bulwer-Lytton and more neck-tingling tales from Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Charlotte Riddell and Edith Wharton.

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Featuring a wonderful range of ghost tales from South Asia, some extending back to early cultures of the Indus river. Stories include Lifes Secret, The Story of Prince Sobur, The Ghost-Brahman, The Origin of Rubies, The Match-Making Jackal, The Boy With the Moon on His Forehead, The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Being Bagged, The Field of Bones.

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A playful, philosophical collection of Irish ghost stories by Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost), Sheridan Le Fanu (The Child that Went with the Fairies, Stories of Lough Guir), Charles Maturin (Melmoth the Wanderer), Lord Dunsany ('The Sword of Welleran'), Fitz-James O'Brien ('The Diamond Lens', 'What Was It').

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Japan has a long and ancient custom of sharing stories of the supernatural, brought to fashionable prominence in the Kaidan literature of the Edo period. This new collection brings together the fantastic tales of vengeful spirits, man-eating demons, mountain-dwelling ogres, woodland ghosts and the phantoms of abandoned children.

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Chilling ghost stories from the era of the fireside tale, a series of dark and foreboding missives from the masterful pens of Charles Dickens, E.F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood, Sabine Baring-Gould, Vernon Lee, Edith Nesbit and the master of all, M.R. James. A fantastic new companion for late-night scares as the nights draw in.

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A selection of mysterious and intriguing tales from the shadows, featuring M.R. James, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Edith Wharton and Algernon Blackwood, with F. Marion Crawford's The Doll's Ghost and Guy de Maupassant's The Apparition.

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A wonderful collection of Chinese ghost stories such as The Painted Skin, The Laughing Ghost, The God of the City, The Magic Sword, The Dangerous Reward and more.

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From the misty air of the highlands, to the reekie streets of Edinburgh's underground city, comes an entertaining selection of classic and mysterious Scottish ghost stories, including The Screaming Skull of Greyfriars, Mary Burnet, Wandering Willies Tale and Glamis Castle.