For
today's countdown to Halloween's post, another reading suggestion: The Oxford Book of
English Ghost Stories. Maybe my favourite anthology, although this may be a case of first love: this was the very first anthology of ghost stories I ever bought, back in 2006, before this blog, to get myself into a Halloween mood. It made me
discover so many authors: M.R. James, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood, to name a few. It covers two centuries of
ghost stories, so its a great book for a crash course in ghostly
fiction. It has been for me anyway. Obviously, it has a great deal of classics. And since many stories
are set during Christmastime (as traditionally this is when ghost
stories were published), you can carry on reading it after Halloween.Wednesday, 21 October 2020
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
For
today's countdown to Halloween's post, another reading suggestion: The Oxford Book of
English Ghost Stories. Maybe my favourite anthology, although this may be a case of first love: this was the very first anthology of ghost stories I ever bought, back in 2006, before this blog, to get myself into a Halloween mood. It made me
discover so many authors: M.R. James, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood, to name a few. It covers two centuries of
ghost stories, so its a great book for a crash course in ghostly
fiction. It has been for me anyway. Obviously, it has a great deal of classics. And since many stories
are set during Christmastime (as traditionally this is when ghost
stories were published), you can carry on reading it after Halloween.
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