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Not much of a review but I wanted to jot down a few notes on this book: This is a short read. The book has a mere 204 pages. And yet, it took me what I perceived as an eternity to finish the book because: 1. The writing drove me nuts: In an earlier discussion with TA, I referred the style of w...
Surprisingly good stories by the virtually unknown Capes. I assumed these would tend towards M.R. James but these actually reminded me more of L.P. Hartley. Capes doesn't use the same formula twice so the stories throughout the book remain fresh to the reader. There are a few of the usual haunts but...
Really not very good attempt at Jamesian ghost stories for the mid-20th century. The stories seem to all be in a typical Jamesian setting but the plotting is so predictable and dull that you just end up wanting the stories to be over. Most are blessedly brief. Mildly atmospheric and might be fun aro...
19th century writers Erckmann and Chatrian were fairly popular in their day. They wrote more than just supernatural fiction. These would nearly all be classed as supernatural stories, but not ghost stories. Most read like legends or sagas that are set mostly in the 17th or 16th century, almost li...
I am really thankful to anthologists like Hugh Lamb, who are so passionate and driven to unearth the works of authors who have largely been lost to modern readers; those whose works have fallen out of literary consciousness. In this anthology, he has given us seventeen stories that have rarely been...
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