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A good horror/ghost story

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stillstanding51 · 01/04/2023 18:15

Wanting to get stuck into a good creepy ghost story
recommendations please 🤞
Thanks in advance

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lipstickwoman · 01/04/2023 21:05

A bump OP cos I'd like one too

VittysCardigan · 02/04/2023 01:24

Heart shaped box by Joe Hill. Found it really scary

byronicheroine · 02/04/2023 02:03

Most things by Catriona Ward. Start with Rawblood

PaperwhiteTheGhost · 02/04/2023 02:04

The Toll House
The Whistling
Dark Matter

blueshoes · 02/04/2023 02:10

James Herbert - Haunted.

Good old fashioned ghost story. The tension builds and builds. Chilling.

Pallisers · 02/04/2023 02:15

The Little Stranger by Sarah Walters. Fabulous

Also probably out of print now but Gad's Hall and The Haunting of Gad's Hall (two novellas but usually printed together) by Norah Lofts is amazing. Actually a lot of Norah Lofts' creepy books are great (as is her historical fiction)

Catsmere · 02/04/2023 07:08

Ghost Story by Peter Straub. Nothing like the imo feeble film adaptation,it was far more complex. Scared the bejesus out of me when I first read it.

DoraChance · 02/04/2023 07:44

I just finished A Good House for Children by Kate Collins which was really creepy.

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stillstanding51 · 02/04/2023 08:12

Thank you, will check these out 👍

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GalileoHumpkins · 02/04/2023 13:35

Anything by Laura Purcell.

CrossPurposes · 02/04/2023 13:41

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

efeslight · 02/04/2023 13:53

Perhaps not exactly what you are looking for, but I reread Agatha Christie's And then there were none recently and found it very creepy

beastlyslumber · 02/04/2023 14:05

Anything by Alison Littlewood

JaneyGee · 03/04/2023 21:39

Try M. R. James. No one has bettered him. (I'd also recommend the brilliant Mark Gatiss documentary. It's available on youtube.)

OhVicIveFallen · 03/04/2023 21:41

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Very creepy.

Catsmere · 05/04/2023 04:07

JaneyGee · 03/04/2023 21:39

Try M. R. James. No one has bettered him. (I'd also recommend the brilliant Mark Gatiss documentary. It's available on youtube.)

Seconding that, his stories are brilliant.

patsy999 · 05/04/2023 04:42

Anything by Barbara Erskine.

Clawdy · 05/04/2023 08:09

Catsmere · 02/04/2023 07:08

Ghost Story by Peter Straub. Nothing like the imo feeble film adaptation,it was far more complex. Scared the bejesus out of me when I first read it.

Yes, there is one scene in this book that I've never forgotten!

Catsmere · 05/04/2023 08:13

Clawdy · 05/04/2023 08:09

Yes, there is one scene in this book that I've never forgotten!

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There are several that have adhered firmly in my memory! 😱

ktitten · 05/04/2023 08:22

I know you're probably looking for a book but hear me out Grin this is the last thing I read that genuinely gave me chills. I started it in the bath one day and didn't come out until I was a prune haha.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/f5up4c/mywifeeandiiboughtaaranchinnthemountains/?utmmsource=share&utmmedium=iossapp&utmname=ioscss&utmmcontent=2&utmterm=1

MsAlder · 05/04/2023 08:24

OhVicIveFallen · 03/04/2023 21:41

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Very creepy.

That's a good one. I went to uni with him and he was so quiet and unassuming. I also really loved the follow-up: Echo (which is about mountaineering).

Alltheprettyseahorses · 05/04/2023 08:46

Another vote for Dark Matter.

The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood is short but wonderful.

Bbq1 · 05/04/2023 17:44

I really recommend The Silent Companions. Super creepy with that tense undercurrent and a huge twist at the end

OhVicIveFallen · 05/04/2023 19:11

MsAlder · 05/04/2023 08:24

That's a good one. I went to uni with him and he was so quiet and unassuming. I also really loved the follow-up: Echo (which is about mountaineering).

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Now I couldnt get on with his follow up, must try again.

Noicant · 05/04/2023 19:14

Dark was genuinely scary, love Catriona Ward.