Great
ghost stories for the holidays.
WASHINGTON
IRVING (1783-1859)
Influential
on Dickens' supernatural works
"The
Adventure of the German Student"
"The
Devil and Tom Walker"
"The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
"Rip
Van Winkle"
"The
Spectre Bridegroom"
EDWARD
BULWER-LYTTON (1803-1873)
The
man who penned "It was a dark and stormy night..."
"The
Haunted and the Haunters"
"A
Strange Story"
WILLIAM
HARRISON AINSWORTH (1805-1882)
Another
early pioneer
"The
Spectre Bride"
ELIZABETH
GASKELL (1810-1865)
One
of the first feminist ghost writers
"The
Crooked Branch"
"The
Doom of the Griffiths"
"Lois
the Witch"
"The
Old Nurse's Story"
"Two
Fragments of Ghost Stories"
CHARLES
DICKENS (1812-1870)
The
author of A Christmas Carol, editor and general promoter of ghost stories
A
Christmas Carol
"The
Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain"
"The
Signal Man"
"The
Trial For Murder"
"To
Be Read at Dusk"
"To
Be Taken With a Grain of Salt"
J.
SHERIDAN LE FANU (1814-1873)
The
man who inspired M. R. James and later was collected and promoted by him
"The
Account of Some Disturbances in Aungier Street"
"Carmilla"
"Green
Tea"
"The
Familiar"
"Mr.
Justice Harbottle"
"Madame
Crowl's Ghost"
WILLIAM
WILKIE COLLINS (1824-1889)
Friend
of Dickens, collaborator and contributor to Holiday Numbers
"The
Haunted Hotel"
"Miss
Jermonette and the Clergyman"
"A
Terribly Strange Bed"
MRS.
CRAIK (aka DINAH MARIA MULOCK) (1828-1887)
Early
woman ghost story writer
"The
Last House in C---- Street"
MARGARET
OLIPHANT (1828-1897)
Such
a fine hand with a tale
"The
Library Window"
"The
Open Door"
"The
Portrait"
"The
Secret Chamber"
AMELIA
B. EDWARDS (1831-1892)
Contributor
to Dickens' Holiday Numbers
"The
Engineer"
"The
4:15 Express"
"A
Service of Danger"
MISS
MARY BRADDON (1837-1915)
Wrote
many Mystery stories too
"At
Chrighton Abbey"
"The
Cold Embrace"
"Eveline's
Visitant"
"Good
Lady Ducayne"
RHODA
BROUGHTON (1840-1920)
J.
Sheridan le Fanu's niece
"Behold,
It Was a Dream"
"The
Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth"
"Under
the Cloak"
AMBROSE
BIERCE (1842-1914?)
The
old sour-puss
"The
Damned Thing"
"The
Moonlit Road"
"Occurance
at Owl Creek Bridge"
MARY
WILKINS-FREEMAN (1852-1930)
Another
Feminist ghost story writer, American
"The
Lost Ghost"
"Luella
Miller"
"Shadows
on the Wall"
"The
South-West Chamber"
"The
Vacant Lot"
"The
Wind in the Rose-Bush"
BERNARD
CAPES (1854-1918)
Little
remembered today
"The
Black Reaper"
"An
Eddy on the Floor"
"A
Ghost-Child"
"The
Thing in the Forest"
FRANCIS
MARION CRAWFORD (1854-1909)
American,
but wrote like a Brit
"The
Dead Smile"
"The
Doll's Ghost"
"The
Screaming Skull"
"The
Upper Berth"
GERTRUDE
ATHERTON (1857-1948)
Has
become something oa sensation in the last quarter century
"The
Bell in the Fog"
"Death
and the Woman"
"The
Striding-Place"
EDITH
NESBIT (1858-1924)
Not
just a children's writer
"John
Charrington's Wedding"
ARTHUR
CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930)
Wrote
some great horror tales and believed in psychic phenomenon
"The
Brown Hand"
"The
Captain of 'The Pole-Star'"
"Playing
With Fire"
"The
Ring of Thoth"
CHARLOTTE
PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935)
Another
feminist ghost story writer
"The
Yellow Wallpaper"
A.
C. BENSON (1862-1925)
Eldest
of the Benson trio
"The
Brothers"
"The
Closed Window"
"The
Gray Cat"
"The
Slype House"
M.
R. JAMES (1862-1936)
Wrote
an annual ghost story for his friends at Eaton
"The
Ash-Tree"
"Canon
Alberic's Scrapbook"
"The
Mezzotint"
"'Oh
Whistle And I'll Come To You, My Lad'"
EDITH
WHARTON (1862-1937)
Probably
the best of the feminist ghost story writers
"Afterward"
"The
Eyes"
"Kerfol"
"The
Lady's Maid's Bell"
EDWARD
FREDERIC BENSON (1867-1940)
The
middle Benson Boy
"'And
the Dead Spake--'"
"Caterpillars"
"How
Fear Departed the Long Gallery"
"Negotium
Perambulans"
ALGERNON
BLACKWOOD (1869-1925)
BBC's
"Ghost Man", Blackwood specialized in psychic phenomenon tales
"Keeping
His Promise"
"The
Kit-bag"
"The
Occupant of the Room"
"The
Transfer"
R.
H. BENSON (1871-1914)
The youngest of the boys
"Father
Macclesfield's Tale"
"Father
Meuron's Tale"
"The
Watcher"
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