– who has shared a lifetime with ghosts
Edith Wharton, 1937
Sinclair McKay, 2001
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD
1. RAISING SPECTRES: The Modern Tradition
“OH WHISTLE, AND I’LL COME TO YOU, MY LAD”
THE HOUSE AT TREHEALE
THE RICHPINS
THE EVERLASTING CLUB
NUMBER SEVENTY-NINE
2. GHOST WRITERS: The “Golden Era”
PLAYING WITH FIRE
THE HOUSE SURGEON
THE GROVE OF ASHTAROTH
A MAN FROM GLASGOW
THE LAST LAUGH
THE VISIT TO THE MUSEUM
3. PHANTOM RANKS: Supernatural at War
THE BOWMEN
THE GHOST OF
“VENGEANCE IS MINE”
THE PUNISHMENT
THE HAUNTED CHATEAU
PINK MAY
A GREMLIN IN THE BEER
MONEY FOR JAM
4. THE GHOST-FEELERS: Modern Gothic Tales
THE LADY’S MAID’S BELL
THE DUENNA
CLYTIE
THE POOL
A SPOT OF GOTHIC
5. ENTERTAINING SPOOKS: Supernatural High Jinks
THE INEXPERIENCED GHOST
FULL FATHOM FIVE
THE NIGHT THE GHOST GOT IN
SIR TRISTRAM GOES WEST
WHO OR WHAT WAS IT?
ANOTHER FINE MESS
6. CHRISTMAS SPIRITS: Festive Season Chillers
ONLY A DREAM . . .
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
THE LIGHT IN THE GARDEN
THE PRESCRIPTION
CHRISTMAS HONEYMOON
SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
