The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories Volume Three

A new collection of twenty ghostly tales of Yuletide terror collected from rare Victorian periodicalsSeeking to capitalize on the success of Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol (1843) Victorian newspapers and magazines frequently featured ghost stories at Christmas time and reading them by candlelight or the fireside became an annual tradition a tradition Valancourt Books is pleased to continue with our series of Victorian Christmas ghost stories. This third volume contains twenty tales most of them never before reprinted. They represent a mix of the diverse styles and themes common to Victorian ghost fiction and include works by once-popular authors like Ellen Wood and Charlotte Riddell as well as contributions from anonymous or wholly forgotten writers. This volume also features a new introduction by Prof. Simon Stern.Before me with the sickly light from the lantern shining right down upon it was--a cloven hoof! Then the awfulness of the compact I had made came to my mind with terrible force ... - Frederick Manley The Ghost of the Cross-RoadsBy the fireplace there was a large hideous pool of blood soaking into the carpet and leaving ghastly stains around. I am not ashamed to confess that my brain reeled; the mysterious horror overcame me ... - Lillie Harris 19 Great Hanover StreetA fearful white face comes to me; a horrible mask with features drawn as in agony--ghastly pale hideous! Death or approaching death violent death written in every line. Every feature distorted. Eyes starting from the head. Thin lips moving and working--lips that are cursing although I hear no sound. - Hugh Conway A Dead Mans Face