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The Ninth Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories by Judith Merril, Roger Hicks, A.M. Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, Algis Budrys, Ann Bridge, A.E.D. Smith, Patrick Davis, Amelia B. Edwards, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Edith Wharton, Rudyard Kipling

camerontrost's review

3.0

Writing a really chilling ghost story is one of literature's greatest challenges. None of the stories in this anthology quite hit the nail on the head, but there are a few decent spooks in these pages. "The Sweeper", which I had read previously, is probably the pick for me, followed by "The Return of Imray", even though it isn't actually a ghost story, "Sally", "The Glove", "The Liberated Tiger", and "The Coat". A few of the others, especially "Keeping his Promise" and "The Four-Fifteen Express", although well-written, were too predictable. I found a handful fairly uninteresting. Overall, a solid three stars, maybe verging on three and a half.