The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
Contents
Introduction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
1. The House in the Wood (1937) short story by John Hastings Turner
2. Fear (1944) short story by P. C. Wren
3. The Furnished Room (1904) short story by O. Henry
4. To Keep Him Company short story by Rosemary Timperley
5. In the Mist (1971) short story by Elizabeth Walter
6. On the Brighton Road (1912) short story by Richard Middleton
7. Smee (1929) short story by A. M. Burrage
8. Master Ghost and I (1973) short story by Barbara Softly
9. The Moonlit Road (1907) short story by Ambrose Bierce
10. Two Trifles (1934) short story by Oliver Onions
11. Wicked Captain Walshawe (1937) short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
12. Monkshood Manor (1954) short story by L. P. Hartley
13. The Chapel Men short story by A. E. Ellis
14. The Birthright (1931) short story by Hilda Hughes
15. Non-Paying Passengers 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.
