The Twelfth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
Contents
Introduction(1976) essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
1. Escort (1940) short story by Daphne du Maurier
2. Elaina (1976) short story by Elizabeth Fancett
3. Twisted Shadow (1976) short story by Roger F. Dunkley
4. First-Foot (1976) short story by Clodagh Gibson-Jarvie
5. The Leaden Ring (1904) short story by Sabine Baring-Gould
6. That Summer (1976) short story by Barbara Joan Eyre
7. The Tapestried Chamber (1828) short story by Sir Walter Scott
8. The Tunnel (1976) short story by Patrick Davis
9. Ghost Stories of the Tiled House (excerpt) short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
10. The Matinee (1976) short story by William Abney
11. The Travelling Companion (1973) short story by Elizabeth Walter
12. Summer and Miss Swanson (1976) short story by Rick Ferreira
13. January Ides (1976) short story by Margaret Chilvers Cooper
14. Barleyriggs (1976) short story by Dorothy K. Haynes
15. From Another World (1976) short story by Rosemary Timperley
16. A Little Night Fishing short story by Sydney J. Bounds
17. A Fairly Great Reckoning (1976) short story by Catherine Gleason and Rita Morris
18. Brooding Dark (1976) short story by Pamela Vincent
19. Cold Fingers (1976) 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.
