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Expanded with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead—from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side. Yet others entertain desires of a more sinister bent, including the erotic. This new edition includes a selection of favorite haunted house tales chosen by famous screen stars such as Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. In addition, a top ranking list of contributors includes Stephen King, Bram Stoker, Ruth Rendell, and James Herbert—all brought together by an anthologist who himself lives in a haunted house.
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Peter Haining is a leading authority on horror fiction, with a particular emphasis on early Gothic and on the classic English ghost story. He has edited a large number of horror, crime and fantasy anthologies published over the past three decades, including The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
a superb collection,
By jan erik storebø (norway) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Paperback)
Good anthologies are hard to come by. In addition, I am picky. This collection contains many stories I already had. It was still worth it. This is the book I would most recommend for a newcomer to the horror genre. It contains great stories of M.R.James, R.A.Cram, L.P.Hartley,W.W.Jacobs, Lord Lytton....Many of the very best.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent anthology!,
By JR Pinto (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Paperback)
If you are looking for an anthology of strictly ghost stories, this is the way to go. All the masters are represented here. The selections are not the most obvious and there are stories from the inception of the ghost story to the present.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delight for a Dark Evening,
By Cathytg "cathytg" (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Paperback)
This huge anthology is a wonderful treat for any lover of the spookiest of all horror genres - the haunted house. The selections are highly eclectic, although weighted toward the coziness of the British 19th century tradition (although there's NOTHING cozy about "Lost Hearts," the M.R. James tale included here!). You'll find a terrific balance between familiar names like William Hope Hodgson and Robert Bloch (best known for Psycho) and the more obscure - this anthology was my introduction to Basil Copper and H. Russell Wakefield, whose "Ghost Hunt" is a highly enjoyable bit of pulp. Also included are a number of stories by "literary" writers not known for the horror genre, including Penelope Lively, Fay Weldon, and Virginia Woolf.Some of the stories are mostly of historical interest - modern tastes aren't likely to be thrilled by misers getting tediously Victorian comeuppances in the afterlife, and the "funny" stories are painful to sit through. But this eclectic collection offers gem after gem as well, and if you want a survey of the breadth and depth of the haunted neighborhood, here is your field guide.
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