Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Best Ghost Story 16 from 1800-1849 Lady Eleanor's Mantle by Nathaniel Hawthorne

›
16 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was no stranger when it came to telling a scary ghost story. His "Legends of the Province House...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Best Ghost Story 17 from 1800-1849 is "The Mines of Falun" by Ernst Hoffmann

›
Ernst T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), one of the earliest progenitors of supernatural stories, wrote the excellent  The Mines of Falun . I pegge...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Best Ghost Story 18 from 1800-1849 is "Monos and Daimonos"

›
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) is known in supernatural circles for penning one of the greatest ghost stories of the nineteenth century...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Best Ghost Story 19 from 1800-1849 is Albert Werdendorff; or, The Midnight Embrace by Sarah Wilkinson

›
Although Albert Werdendorff; or, The Midnight Embrace is not the most artful name in this countdown of the Top 40 best ghost stories for...
Friday, September 2, 2011

Best Ghost Stories Anthology for $.99

›
Want to be frightened over the weekend? For a limited time the Kindle version of The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Ghost Anthol...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Best Ghost Story 20 from 1800-1849 is "The Ghost with the Golden Casket" by Allan Cunningham

›
This is an exciting time because we have reached in the countdown the Top 20 ghost stories for the first half of the nineteenth century. ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Best Ghost Story 21 from 1800-1849 is The Haunted Manor-House of Paddington by Charles Ollier

›
Ghost story 21 of the Top 40 from 1800-1849 is The Haunted Manor-House of Paddington by Charles Ollier (1788-1859). "The Haunted Ma...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Best Ghost Story 22 from 1800-1849 is "Allan M'Tavish" by Caroline Norton

›
One of the first and few scary ghost stories by a female author takes spot 22 in my countdown of the Top 40 ghost short stories for the f...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Best Ghost Story 23 from 1800-1849

›
Horace Smith (1779-1849) was an English stockbroker, poet and novelist. When he became independently wealthy trading stocks, he turned to...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Best Ghost Story 24 from 1800-1849 is "The Water Spirit"

›
Joseph Snowe's ghost story "All Soul's Eve" appeared at spot 30 in my countdown of the Top 40 ghost stories from 1800-1...