Uncanny Tales Author:F. Marion Crawford, Hugh Fraser, Von Degen UNCANNY TALES — Seven CLASSIC Stories of Ghosts, Vampires, and Witches — Gideonfell Books Ltd. Kindle edition January 2010, typeset from the original 1911 First Edition published by T. Fisher Unwin, London. — This is one of the all-time CLASSIC collections of ghost stories by American author F. Marion Crawford. Crawford wrote dozens of novels (man... more »y set in Ancient Rome), but today he is best remembered for his classic ghost stories, such as "THE UPPER BERTH" considered by many the "greatest" of ghost stories, and "MAN OVERBOARD!", as well as the classic Gothic vampire tale, "FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE." The other stories in this collection are likewise classic tales: "THE DEAD SMILE," "THE SCREAMING SKULL," "BY THE WATERS OF PARADISE," and "THE DOLL'S GHOST."« less