Long winter nights are the perfect setting for horror, crime and mystery stories: the crackling fire, the wind in the trees, a softly sleeping neighbourhood. With content from some of the finest writers - including Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, and the undisputed master of the Christmas Eve ch
Shivers for Christmas
β Scribed by Richard Dalby (ed)
- Publisher
- St Martins Press
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 298 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1782433724
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Christmas Traditionally the season of goodwill to all, the season of carols, eggnog, and roaring fires. Gathered here as an antidote to all these heart-warming pleasures are spine-tingling stories that will transport you from the comfort of your cozy hearth to places where your bones will be chilled.This collection ranges from classic tales by acknowledged masters of the macabre.
CONTENTS:
Our Ghost Party
The Dead Sexton
Markheim
Thurlows Christmas Story
Wolverden Tower
The Shadow
Bone to his Bone
The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance
Mustapha
Tarnhelm
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
The Buoy That Did Not Light
Red Lily
Mr Wrays Cash Box
The Citizens Watch
What the Shepherd Saw
The Picture Puzzle
The Discovery of the Treasure Isles
The Wolves of Cernogratz
Ganthonys Wife
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