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Great Ghost Stories - Dover Thrift Editions
Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Ambrose Bierce and More
Book Review
Some of the stories were very creepy, one or two actually chilling. Overall a nice little collection everyone should own. For the price you can't go wrong
Cover Review
I have seen creepier looking covers but its still nice
To Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt
Charles Dickens
Now this is a creepy little tale, I will never be able to serve jury duty the same again without looking around. I loved it. I think I considered this more a psychological thing than others have.
Dickon The Devil
J. S. LeFanu
I got a creepy chill out of it, perhaps not as much as I have read others have but it was a chill
The Judges House
Bram Stoker
Devil Rat, how can you not love that. I got the creepy's from it without a doubt
A Ghost Story
Jerome K. Jerome
This was a delicious little tale of an avenging lover. I will never again look at a skeleton the same way
The Moonlit Road
Ambrose Bierce
I get it finally now having read it rather than listened to it............sort of
The Monkey's Paw
W.W. Jacobs
I liked it, though I suspect I would have liked it more if it had been read by just the right person
The Rose Garden
M. R. James
If I had been in a better mood while reading this, it would have been much better, but even so its still great. I can just see the rose garden and arbor I know so well, which adds to it.
Bone To His Bone
E.G. Swain
I actually really liked this one. A seeming sweet ending to a not so horrible tale. A pleasant I suppose ghostly tale.
The Confessions Of Charles Linkworth
E.F. Benson
That was another deliciously creepy tale, I will never see the telephone the same
The Phantom Coach
Amelia Edwards
This one I might have to have a go round with again to really appreciate it, but just for a quick listen {audiobook} it just lost something for me. It seems to leave me with more questions than answers.
The end was quite well done I thought though.
Update: I finally read this one, I will bump it up a couple of notches. I did it right, had the fireplace DVD on and the candles. Was much better a second time with the proper atmosphere
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