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The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories Author:Robert Phillips Haunted houses and demon lovers, children's visions and anxious states of mind, revenge, guilt and betrayal from beyond are the themes of the modern ghost story as brilliantly explored by some of the century's finest writers. These short masterpieces of the supernatural will linger in your imagination. This enthralling collec... more »tion takes the reader on a thrilling tour of the best in 20th century spectral literature. Some of the writers are Graham Greene, Shirley Jackson, John Updike, Muriel Spark, Truman Capote, Elizabeth Bowen, Virgina Woolf, Joyce Carol Oates and Tennessee.
Contents:
The Demon Lover / Elizabeth Bowen --
A Little Place off the Edgware Road / Graham Greene --
The Others / Joyce Carol Oates --
The Followers / Dylan Thomas --
The Yellow Wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --
The Prison Window / Louis Auchincloss --
Seaton's Aunt / Walter de la Mare --
Andrina / George Mackay Brown --
Away / Barry N. Malzberg --
The Portobello Road / Muriel Spark --
The Indian / John Updike --
Full Circle / Denton Welch --
Sound is Second Sight / Lynne Sharon Schwartz --
I Used to Live Here Once / Jean Rhys --
The Jolly Corner / Henry James --
First Dark / Elizabeth Spencer --
Missing Person / Peter Taylor --
The Bell in the Fog / Gertrude Atherton --
The Wedding Cake Couple / Howard Lewis Russell --
The Daemon Lover / Shirley Jackson --
A Haunted House / Virginia Woolf --
Up North / Mavis Gallant --
The Mysteries of the Joy Rio / Tennessee Williams --
Ghost and Flesh, Water and Dirt / William Goyen --