The Doll's Ghost

(Paperback)

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World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2021.

When the Lady Gwendolen, age six, drops her doll down a staircase, her ladyship solemnly digs her fractured companion a grave. Luckily Mr Puckler, renowned doll doctor, thinks he can helpbut when his daughter Else goes missing, hes not sure whose voice he hears calling to him in the night.

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Praise for Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories

[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist Seth [offers] chillsand charm.
John Williams, New York Times Book Review

I just bought my set of these and they are PERFECT. I hope they do these every year.
Patton Oswalt

"Each of these tiny books20 volumes nowis cleverly illustrated by the cartoonist known as Seth. Even smaller than a Christmas card, they make fun literary stocking stuffers."
Ron Charles, Washington Post

"As good as the story selection is, the design of each book is the star. Seths evocative covers and black-and-white interior illustrations provide the perfect accompaniment to the stories. His clean style elicits a ton of atmosphere without being hyper-detailed. In his work I see the brilliant use of shadow a la Mike Mignola, combined with the dark whimsey of Tim Burton ... Highly recommended for the horror lovers looking for something special in this post-Halloween season."
Cemetery Dance

"The Biblioasis editions are handsome objects with embossed covers, double-page spreads that act like a cinematic establishing shot, and the artists thematic spot illustrations ... The Seth editions are harbingers of a Christmas ghost story revival."
Nathalie Atkinson, Zoomer

"Seths illustrations help cement the feeling of 'something is very much wrong here' ... [T]hese books are a great addition to a holiday tradition, or, as any time of the year reading."
Prairie Fire

"Seths design and illustrations are alone worth the price of admission, capturing and interpreting the mood of each story."
Tom Bowden, Book Beat

"Seths bookspetite and illustrated with gorgeous minimalist designsfeel somehow like a more mature version of my childhood traditions. In reality, Seths Christmas Ghost Stories are a tradition everyone, young and old, can make a part of their holidays. With these beautifully illustrated books, it seems in this case one really can judge a book by its cover."
The Charlatan

The great thing about each passing season is the chance to discover something new that may go on to become a new favourite. That old, and largely forgotten tradition of Christmas ghost stories is fertile ground for anyone digging for a spooky festive treat from a bygone time.
Christmas Past Podcast

These books are just delightful ... and the illustrations are justshall I say delightful again
Total Christmas Podcast

These are beautiful little books [My familys] been reading them at home, and weve actually put them away so we can re-read them on Christmas Eve.
Matt Galloway, CBCs Metro Morning

For Seth, this is really a labour of love.
Peter Robb, Ottawa Citizen

Author Bio

Francis Marion Crawford (1854 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels and his classic stories of the weird and fantastic.

Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic-book series Palookaville, which started in the stone age as a pamphlet and is now a semi-annual hardcover. His comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, and McSweeneys Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the New Yorker, The Walrus, and Canadian Notes & Queries. He is the subject of a recent documentary from the National Film Board of Canada, Seths Dominion. Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Tania and their two cats in an old house he has named Inkwells End.