Ghost stories (for adults)

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Jewelanemone · 17/12/2022 15:53

I'm after recommendations for good ghost stories. Ideally a collection of short stories but a single story is fine too.

It's for me - I've got the M R James collection and I always re-read it at this time of year. Anyone got any other spooky suggestions?

Thank you! 👻🙂

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anormalperson · 17/12/2022 16:15

Oh the Lost Ones by Anita Frank is brilliant, and the Whistling by Rebecca Netley. Both single stories

Ormally · 17/12/2022 16:11

Roald Dahl's collections. 'The Landlady' (if you read it, you can't un-read it!)

And although not a ghost story, this is new and was interesting: www.whsmith.co.uk/products/the-premonitions-bureau-a-true-story-main/sam-knight/hardback/9780571357567.html?gclid=824338c57dd51c041b505b5897c3dba3&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=824338c57dd51c041b505b5897c3dba3

Borrowed it on my library's app, so worth a look if you have something similar.

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Jewelanemone · 17/12/2022 16:07

Ooh, lovely, thank you both! I'll have a look now on Amazon 😊

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Saucery · 17/12/2022 16:01

One single story that always sticks in my mind is Smee, by AM Burrage. It’s why I’d never play hide and seek in a big old house
And of course, The Monkey’s Paw, if you haven’t come across that one.

Saucery · 17/12/2022 16:00

Dead Relatives, by Lucie McKnight Hardy.
Steve Duffy did a Jamesian book of short stories that are quite effective and not too pastiche-y. The Night Comes On.
The Haunting Season is a deliciously spooky collection of tales for winter nights.
Have a look at Black Shuck Books too. They have themed collections, not all Ghost stories, there are some Horror in there. Their Great British Horror series is excellent.

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