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Follow on Google News | Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899: A Phantasmal Anthology is PublishedThis new anthology edited by Andrew Barger contains the best ghost stories from the last half of the 19th century. It includes shocking tales from popular American and Victorian authors: Bram Stoker, M. R. James, Joseph Le Fanu, Charles Dickens, etc.
He has added his familiar scholarly touch by annotating the stories, providing story background information, author photos and a list of ghost stories considered to settle on the most frightening and well-written tales. Andrew is also the award-winning author of 6a66le: The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849. The anthology includes the Top Ten ghost short stories from for the last half of the nineteenth century and an introduction titled, Victorians: Victors of the Ghost Story (2016) by Andrew Barger, where Andrew sets the stage for this haunting ghost anthology. The first story is The Upper Berth (1886) by Francis Marion Crawford - You will never think of cruising on a ship the same way after reading "The Upper Berth." In Kropfsberg Keep (1895) by Ralph Adams Cram - A gothic setting yields a nightmare for a couple of "ghost hunters." Lost Hearts (1895) by M. R. James - This early M. R. James classic ghost story is one of his best. The Familiar (1872) by Joseph Le Fanu - Ever feel like you are being watched? The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly (1886) by Rosa Mulholland - You will never view an organ the same way again. The ghost short story anthology can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/ In the last batch of stories a famous (and scary) Charles Dickens story makes an appearance. No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal Man (1865) by Charles Dickens - Are the nervous habits of a train tracks operator all in his mind? Hurst of Hurstcote (1893) by Edith Nesbit - A moldering house and--of course--ghosts. The Judge's House (1891) by Bram Stoker - The author of Dracula never disappoints. The Yellow Sign (1895) by Robert Chambers - A painter sees someone watching him from a busy New York street. The Haunted and the Haunters (1859) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton - The oldest and most haunting ghost short story in the anthology. Buy Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899: A Phantasmal Ghost Story Anthology at http://www.andrewbarger.com/ End
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