Another World and Other Ghost Stories

Rosemary Timperley, Richard Dalby

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Although Rosemary Timperley was an enormously prolific novelist and short story writer, she always combined quantity with undeniable quality, much appreciated by countless readers and admirers of her work. Her work is certainly overdue for rediscovery today.

This new selection contains twenty-two of Timperley's best stories

Preface by Rosemary Timperley
Introduction by Richard Dalby
1. "Harry", The Third Ghost Book, ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
2. "From Another World", The 12th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1976
3. "The Nobodies", The London Mystery Selection, No. 43, December 1959
4. "The Listening Child", The Listening Child: Three Short Novels, James Barrie, 1956
5. "The Ever-Buried", The London Mystery Selection, No. 41, April 1959
6. "Lost Pathways", Ghosts in Country Villages, ed. Denys Val Baker, William Kimber, 1983
7. "The Artist’s Model", Stories of Haunted Inns, ed. Denys Val Baker, William Kimber, 1983
8. "The Mistress in Black", The Fifth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969
9. "Dreams Are More Than Shadows", The London Mystery Magazine, No. 31, December 1956
10. "Voices in the Night", Tandem Horror 2, ed. Richard Davis, Tandem Books, 1968
11. "What Happened to Sally?", Tandem Horror 3, ed. Richard Davis, Tandem Books, 1969
12. "The Tall Woman", Spectre 2, ed. Richard Davis, Abelard, 1975
13. "To Keep Him Company", The 10th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1974
14. "Walk on the Water", The Eighth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Jenkins, 1972
15. "Little Girl Lost", The Bumper Book of Ghost Stories, ed. Aidan Chambers, Pan, 1975
16. "The Sound of the Saw", Truth, July 11, 1952
17. "The Wrong Ghost", Truth, August 29, 1952
18. "Proof Positive", Truth, October 10, 1952
19. "Mandragora", The 26th Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Clarence Paget, Pan, 1985
20. "Little Boy Haunted", The 30th Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Clarence Paget, Pan, 1989
21. "Stella", The Eleventh Armada Ghost Book, ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1979
22. "Christmas Meeting", Truth, November 30, 1951

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April 1, 2016 (Ash Tree Press)
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