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16 supernatural tales to read by candlelight,
By E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" (Gladwin, MI USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (Paperback)
Throughout the two decades from 1964 to 1984, Fontana published a remarkable skein of ghost story collections, piloted by R. Aikman and later by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, no mean supernatural authors themselves. Some of the paperbacks in this series, which winds its way up to the "20th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories" are now collectors' items and worth over a hundred dollars apiece.
For the 18th book in the series, R. Chetwynd-Hayes has assembled a more modern, i.e. 20th century collection than is to be found in other books in this series. There is a haunted Daimler and even a futuristic haunting of a spaceship. However, there are still a few haunted rectories and English manor houses for us traditionalists These are the tales in the 18th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories: "Eye to Eye" by Roger F. Dunkley--Meyers knows something is wrong with the used Daimler "the moment he pulled the car door shut." Has it to do with a death already old or one that is yet to occur? "Housewarming" by Steve Rasnic Tem--Judith moves out of the inner city and into a quiet neighborhood in the suburbs before her nerves give way completely. Her two cats don't get much of a chance to explore their new surroundings. You might want to skip this little shocker if you fancy felines. "Kindred Spirits" by Rick Kennett--Two men are accidentally kidnapped by aliens who are collecting sample ecosystems from Earth. One dies and makes it known that he does not want to be buried in space. "The Ankardyne Pew" by W.F. Harvey--A flagged passage connects Ankardyne House to the closed pew of an elegant little church, so that the Squire could come and go as he pleased during services. Unfortunately, one of the more godless Squires held a cockfight in the pew. "Outside Agency" by Daphne Froome--Grandpa's golf game is deteriorating badly until he finds a rusty old putter embedded in the golf course's stream bank. "The Empty Schoolroom" by Pamela Hansford Johnson--An unhappy English teen-ager has to spend the holidays at her private French school because her parents are in India. Her holiday is rather dull until she learns of an old pianoforte in the attic. "Off the Deep End" by Phillip C. Heath--Two men escape from an asylum for the criminally insane and drown in Bittercrest Lake. A boy out fishing accidentally snags one of the bodies, but the other corpse is never found. A few years later, the boy returns to the lake, determined to overcome his fear of fishing in that particular body of water. "The Summer House" by Heather Vineham--A mother tries to discover why her little girl keeps sneaking into the neighbor's yard to play with an invisible companion. "The Ferries" by Ramsey Campbell--Berry visits his old seafaring uncle who has retired to an apartment on a silted-up riverbed. During the night, his uncle disappears and Berry realizes "Something that smelled drowned in stagnant water was near him..." He vows to rescue his uncle. "The New Old House" by Robert Solomon--A recent widower and his young son move to an old Victorian house to start a new life together. At first, the boy is afraid of the house, but he slowly becomes fascinated by the cellar. "Bad Company" by Walter De La Mare--A man encounters an evil-looking stranger on an underground railway platform and follows him home. "The Old Rectory Well" by Patricia Moynehan--A rock star and his girlfriend move into an old rectory and make many modifications, including the renovation of an old well in the kitchen. "Streets of the City" by Tony Richards--A man haunted by the violent death of his sweetheart realizes that almost everyone he encounters is murdered. "Kecksies" by Marjorie Bowen--Two young Elizabethan lords take shelter from a storm in an old woman's hut where a wake is about to be held. As a joke, one of the men takes the place of the corpse. "Above and Beyond" by Charles Brameld--A modern, high-rise block of flats sees more than its share of gruesome deaths. "The Chair" by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes--A chair bought from a second-hand shop comes with an unusual feature: a beckoning lady. Whatever you do, don't sit on her.
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