The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
Contents
Introduction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
1. Death Cannot Wither (1959) novelette by Judith Merril
2. The Lady's Maid's Bell (1902) novelette by Edith Wharton
3. Keeping His Promise (1906) short story by Algernon Blackwood
4. The Coat (1934) short story by A. E. D. Smith
5. The Four-Fifteen Express (1866) novelette by Amelia B. Edwards
6. Sally (1972) short story by Patrick Davis
7. The Song in the House (1933) short story by Ann Bridge
8. The Sweeper (1931) short story by A. M. Burrage
9. The Glove (1966) short story by Roger Hicks
10. The Return of Imray (1891) short story by Rudyard Kipling
11. The Liberated Tiger (1972) short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
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R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (a.k.a. Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes or R. Chetwynd-Hayes, 1919–2001) was an author, best known for his ghost stories. His first published work was the science fiction novel The Man From The Bomb in 1959. He went on to publish many collections and ten other novels including The Grange, The Haunted Grange, And Love Survived and The Curse of the Snake God. He also edited over 20 anthologies. Several of his short works were adapted into anthology style movies in the United Kingdom, including The Monster Club and From Beyond the Grave. Chetwynd-Hayes' book The Monster Club contains references to a film-maker called Vinke Rocnnor, an anagram of Kevin Connor, the director of From Beyond the Grave.
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
A series of twenty anthologies of ghost stories published from 1964 to 1984, the first eight edited by Robert Aickman and the remainder by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories consists of twenty books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
