The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, E.F. Benson, Kingsley Amis, Vladimir Nabokov, Derek Barnes, M.R. James, Marjorie Bowen, Alec Guinness, Howard Spring, Algernon Blackwood, Philip Pullman, Hammond Innes, Arthur Machen, Joyce Carol Oates, Arthur Gray, A.N.L. Munby, Louis de Bernières, E.G. Swain, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Alexander Woollcott, E. Nesbit, Peter Ackroyd, Fritz Leiber, Jane Gardam, William F. Nolan, Eudora Welty, James Thurber, A.C. Benson, Daphne du Maurier, A.E. van Vogt, Edith Wharton, W. Somerset Maugham, Arthur Conan Doyle, Eric Keown, Peter Haining, Rudyard Kipling, Dennis Wheatley, H. Rider Haggard, Ray Bradbury, George Minto, H.G. Wells, Lord Dunsany

The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories

Elizabeth Bowen, E.F. Benson, Kingsley Amis, Vladimir Nabokov, Derek Barnes, M.R. James, Marjorie Bowen, Alec Guinness, Howard Spring, Algernon Blackwood, Philip Pullman, Hammond Innes, Arthur Machen, Joyce Carol Oates, Arthur Gray, A.N.L. Munby, Louis de Bernières, E.G. Swain, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Alexander Woollcott, E. Nesbit, Peter Ackroyd, Fritz Leiber, Jane Gardam, William F. Nolan, Eudora Welty, James Thurber, A.C. Benson, Daphne du Maurier, A.E. van Vogt, Edith Wharton, W. Somerset Maugham, Arthur Conan Doyle, Eric Keown, Peter Haining, Rudyard Kipling, Dennis Wheatley, H. Rider Haggard, Ray Bradbury, George Minto, H.G. Wells, Lord Dunsany

512 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction horror short stories informative slow-paced
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More than twenty-five modern masterpieces to chill the blood — from Martin Amis, P.G. Wodehouse, John Steinbeck, and Ian Rankin

Community Reviews Summary of 30 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
mysterious 100%
tense 100%
challenging 50%
reflective 50%
relaxing 50%
sad 50%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 100%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 100%

Average rating

3.51

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