Historical Hauntings (Chronicles of Cheysuli) [Paperback]

Jean Rabe (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Chronicles of Cheysuli | Publication Date: March 6, 2001

Here, in this new original collection, are ghost tales to frighten, mysteries to solve, histories to dig up, and skeletons to bury.

Includes stories by:

Roland Green

Brian A. Hopkins
Lisanne Norman
Andre Norton
Bruce Holland Rogers
Michael A. Stackpole
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
and others

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: DAW (March 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0886779928
• ISBN-13: 978-0886779924
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,983,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, subtle horror, September 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Historical Hauntings (Chronicles of Cheysuli) (Paperback)

The cover caught my attention, and so I bought it. I'm waiting for the next volume. There's Houdini's ghost, Helen Keller's, some WWII guys, all of them excellent and most of them with surprising, twists. My favorites were Jimmy Hoffa's ghost and Andre Norton's story.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No Ghost Stories Here!, November 30, 2002

By 

Marty G. Price "Gale Price" (Starkville, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Historical Hauntings (Chronicles of Cheysuli) (Paperback)

As anyone with a fondness for the genre knows, a "ghost story" is not any story with something labeled a "ghost" in it; a ghost story offers an encounter with the unknown and unexplained, a meeting with something that is outside the realm of the expected. Ghost stories contain elements of suspense. By such a definition most of the stories in this piece are not ghost stories.
I do not blame the writers -- some of the stories are decently written. I do blame the editors for imagining these action yarns constitute ghost stories.
The first, "Fighting Spirits" is a supernatural confrontation with some monsters from beyond. No ghostly suspense; just a fight scene. The second, "Jennie in the Field" is a ghost story, but not a particularly well-written one. The third, Andre Norton's "Ravenmere," is an exception -- an excellent little story. "In the Charnel House," apparently attempts to be a Kafkaesque morality play but leaves me looking at an over-played and insufficiently justified moral. "When You're Dead" is an adventure / escape story "ghosted up" by a too easily labeled Harry Houdini. "Spirit of Honor" is an Oriental sword & sorcery piece, not a ghost story.
Get the idea?
This is definitely the most disappointing ghost story anthology I've purchased (and I've purchased more than a few).

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing detail, June 24, 2001

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R. Kummel "bct" (Brasilia, DF Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Historical Hauntings (Chronicles of Cheysuli) (Paperback)

Historical hauntings kept me up all night. I couldn't think about anything else until I was finished with the book. Vivid detail in every object. My only complaint is that it's waaaay too short. But other than that, highly reccomended.