Night Shivers: The Ghost Stories of Mrs J.H. Ridell

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Night Shivers presents a treasure trove of the stories of Mrs J. H. Riddell, one of the greatest Victorian writers of ghost stories. These tales, many of which have been out of print for years, take the reader on fearful journeys into the gloomy haunts of old neglected houses, into a world of prophetic dreams, out onto the wild terrain of Ireland to encounter a frightful banshee and even down into Hell itself. In these fourteen short stories and one novella, The Uninhabited House, there is the distillation of the best and most effective of Riddell's spine-tingling supernatural fiction.

Contents:

Nut Bush Farm
The Open Door
The Last of Squire Ennismore
A Strange Christmas Game
The Old House in Vauxhall Walk
Sandy the Tinker
Forewarned, Forearmed
Hertford O'Donnell's Warning
Walnut-Tree House
Old Mrs. Jones
Why Dr. Cray Left Southam
Conn Kilrea
Diarmid Chittock's Story
A Terrible Vengeance
The Uninhabited House

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David Stuart Davies

David Stuart Davies (1946-2024), General Editor of Wordsworth’s Mystery and Supernatural series, was an editor, novelist, playwright and film historian.

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